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."

"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."

"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect."