The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

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.

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.

I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined.

You might be a redneck if you need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.

I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset.

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without a breath of wind; the water was sky-blue, the shores a bank of solid gold.

Learn continually - there's always "one more thing" to learn!

The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.