Linus Torvalds

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

Linux has never been about being user-friendly. It's about being reliable.

I don't believe in superheroes. I never did, and I never will.

The only thing worse than a kernel bug is a kernel bug that nobody notices.

Open source is not about making money; it's about making good software.

I'd rather be proven wrong and fix it than be right and have a broken system.

The fact that Intel has a 64-bit architecture is irrelevant to most users.

Patience is a virtue, but I'm not very virtuous.

Linux is obsolete.

I am not a control freak; I just like things done right.

The kernel is the heart of the system; if it's broken, everything is broken.

Competition is good, but monopoly is bad.

I write the code because I want to, not because I have to.

Bugs are a fact of life; ignoring them doesn't make them go away.

I don't care about being famous; I care about making good software.

Wake up, smell the coffee, and fix the bug.

Open source is the future; closed source is the past.

You can't manage what you can't measure.

The user is always right, except when they're wrong.

Linux is for those who want control, not convenience.