We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

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.

God knows that you are exactly the right person who can fulfill His desires

No "knack" of drawing heads can compete with sound knowledge.

Lesson in life, kids. Life isn't like the movies, but you can sure as hell act like it is

In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.

We should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States.

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

The worst decision is indecision.

Knowledge is the vaccination that keeps you away from the flu of misery

One of the problems I have with many writers is their stories are all somewhat similar. They might be very good, but they're always on the same turf. I don't have those limitations.

A debate actually is a policy issue but I will say this - gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, I may have to leave the stage.