If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, considerably more thought might have gone into it.

'Linux is a leprosy' - This statement is not grammatically or factually correct.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files

Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.

With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.

I can type faster than I can point. And my mother told me that pointing is impolite.

The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.

UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.

Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that.

A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this

Everyone tells us to be one in a million... What they don't tell us is that being one in a million also means being one against a million.

Her smile could wash away a thousand doubts as soon as light up a room.

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role.

If you're afraid of being grabbed by God, don't look at a wall. Definitely don't sit still.

I've lost tremendous amounts of money in various markets and I think that that's something that makes you better at my job, not worse.

...risk is one of the keys that move you from fear to freedom.

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.

I wear glasses myself. As an affectation, as a badge of high intellect and to see with.