That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.

I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.

I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.

Any program is only as good as it is useful.

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do.

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

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

We want kids to value real food and understanding that it isn't just about feeding people but about nourishing the body, the community and the planet.

We already solved the problem of feeding the world in the 1960s, when we started serving cheeseburgers.

Young people contact me all the time to articulate issues with the industrial food system, but they are frustrated by their perceived inability to do anything about it.