Linus Torvalds Quotes

“If you still don't like it, that's OK: that's why I'm boss. I simply know better than you do.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:knowledge leadership

“Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:reality theory

“Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:action

“I think Open Source is the right thing to do the same way I believe science is better than alchemy.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:science

“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.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:money

“I don't ask for money. I don't ask for sexual favors. I don't ask for access to the hardware you design and sell. I just ask for the thing I gave you: source code that I can use myself.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:money

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:talking

“I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:trust

“An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.”

― Linus Torvalds,

topic:intelligence

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