Linus Torvalds

"I don't respect people unless I think they deserve the respect. There are people who think that respect is something that should be given, and I happen to be one of the people who is perfectly happy s…"

"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."

"The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children."

"If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system."

"Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of Minix."

"Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply. Apologies to minix-users who have heard enough about linux anyway. I'd like to be able to just "ignore the bait", but ... Time for some s…"

"I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination."

"I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me."