Linus Torvalds

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

I'm a totally selfish person. I do things because I think it's fun. And I think that's a very important aspect of what I do. If I didn't think it was fun, I wouldn't do it.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

The Linux philosophy is 'laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. No, that's Homer Simpson. Mine is 'do it yourself'.

I'm a great believer in 'do it yourself'. And I think that's what open source is all about. It's about empowering people to do it themselves.

I'm not a visionary. I'm a pragmatist.

Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

In many ways, the internet is a distraction. It's a way to avoid doing real work.

I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That would be an unintended side effect.

The fact that I'm a perfectionist is probably why I'm a programmer.

I don't care about the money. I care about the code.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I'm not a people person. I'm a computer person.

The difference between a good programmer and a bad programmer is that a good programmer is always learning.

I'm not interested in being a leader. I'm interested in writing code.

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.

I'm not a religious person. I'm a scientific person.