The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. – Linus Torvalds
The Linux philosophy is ‘Laugh in the face of danger’. Oops. Wrong One. ‘Do it yourself’. Yes, that’s it. – Linus Torvalds
To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person’s trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together. – Linus Torvalds
That’s what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It’s a positive feedback cycle. – Linus Torvalds
I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues. – Linus Torvalds
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too. – Linus Torvalds
I don’t have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I’m doing. – Linus Torvalds
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project. – Linus Torvalds
When you say ‘I wrote a program that crashed Windows,’ people just stare at you blankly and say ‘Hey, I got those with the system, for free.’ – Linus Torvalds
I’ve never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don’t like the pay for use binary shareware programs. – Linus Torvalds
I actually think that I’m a rather optimistic and happy person; it’s just that I’m not a very positive person, if you see the difference. – Linus Torvalds
The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return. – Linus Torvalds
I don’t expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places. – Linus Torvalds
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room – by far – should be the occasional purring of the cat. – Linus Torvalds