Paying isn’t wrong, and being paid isn’t wrong. Trampling other people’s freedom and community is wrong, so the free software movement aims to put an end to it, at least in the area of software.

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.

My mind secures as long as my soul is awaken.

We have to be bigger than the things we suffer.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town.

The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.

Of the things they possessed in common, greatest of all was their almost uncanny pull at each others hearts.

To have more, you've got to become more.

The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight.

I have a deep affinity for New Orleans - its like a second home to me - they treat me like I'm their own.

If you make comedy, if you try and make comedy where no one gets upset or offended, you're going to fail.