I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not.

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.

Life as a defeated warrior with dignity is lot better than the king ruling without it.

The story you live is the ripple you leave.

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

O love's a simple word to sayWith nature aiding and abetting

The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and make sure that reading is a fun, rewarding experience outside the classroom.

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.

There's always going to be someone as funny as you or funnier.