UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.

If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, considerably more thought might have gone into it.

'Linux is a leprosy' - This statement is not grammatically or factually correct.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files

Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.

With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.

I can type faster than I can point. And my mother told me that pointing is impolite.

The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.

Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that.

A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this

Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.

I'm drawn to the romantic aspect of a character. It's human emotion. It's much more fun to watch. And it's much more fun to play.

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy

Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It loves for the creature's sake it loves, and for nothing else.

I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important issue.

The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.

Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

A prosthetic leg with a Willie Nelson bumper sticker washed ashore on the beach, which meant it was Florida. Then it got weird.