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

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

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.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.