Richard Stallman

The free software movement is a social movement, not just a technical one.

We must resist the temptation of convenience at the cost of freedom.

It doesn't take special talents to reproduce — even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of. It helps more people, too.

For personal reasons, I do not browse the web from my computer. (I also have not net connection much of the time.) To look at page I send mail to a demon which runs wget and mails the page back to me. It is very efficient use of my time, but it is slow in real time.

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

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

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

Would a dating service on the net be 'frowned upon' . . . ? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.

Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.

No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs — and certainly not Islam.

When I do this, some people think that it's because I want my ego to be fed, right? Of course, I'm not asking you to call it 'Stallmanix'!

After more than 30 years I think it's time to rewrite emacs from scratch. I would be happy to hear your suggestions about the best language to use. At the moment I think that Perl would be the best fit, because of its acronym: Perfect emacs rewriting language.

My friend is good at comforting people who are going off the deep end. He's very deep-endable.

I visited the Corning Glass Museum and told them that I could make Pyrex without hardly trying. You see, I've never done baking, so any pies I make will surely be wrecks.

If you have trouble making decisions, you should get treated by an optician.

What's the best tool for twisting someone's neck? A torc wrench.

How should a girl prevent boys from getting infatuated with her? Regularly use a detergent, and when that fails, apply the antidote.

In progressive feminist digital Islam, the community is led by an E-mom.

How does a Chinese chef cook a noisy animal? In a jabberwok.

My friend opened a tin of sardines and began eating them with very small bites. I said, 'You can't do that! That's can-nibble-ism!'