I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

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

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

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

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

The basis for peace is respecting all creatures.

Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.

Life begins when you do.

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff.

Nobody wants to remain poor. Those who are poor want to move away from poverty. That is why, all our programmes must be for the poor. All our schemes must serve the poor.

If you love math, have a knack for numbers, study hard and become a successful accountant; who cares if you can't draw a straight line or sing on key?

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.