If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers in Colombia. See the site killercoke.org.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

He grabbed my chin, pulling me towards him. 'In my dreams, ' he told me, his voice still as hard and cold as an iceberg, 'more interesting things happen. Things that involve the two of us'.

Men do with opportunities as children do at the seashore they fill their little hands with sand and then let the grains fall through one by one till all are gone.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

I could do without the Bubonic Plague.

Religion made half of us afraid to die, and the other half afraid to live.

To be a visionary parent, we need to keep working on ourselves, becoming forever new and improved.

Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.

It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.

This planet Earth, the act of putting a roof over our heads, our flesh and blood existence, it's all very temporary.

Visualize your ultimate goal and then do the work to make it happen.