I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

The wise shall learn.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

Knowing that something is wrong without actively trying to fix it is worse than ignorant neutrality.

Even the most terrible beginnings can turn into beautiful endings when the direction is changed.

Don't mistake dramatics for a conscience.

Sometimes we get so caught up in appearing smart that we become afraid to ask the question that will actually make us smart.

The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two are at opposite sides of the same coin.

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

We are all incredibly different and rather than being something to be ashamed of, that's something to really celebrate.

There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better.