Linus Torvalds on Mind

"It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning."

"Which mindset is right? Mine, of course. People who disagree with me are by definition crazy."

"I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended."

"You see. I don't think any new thoughts. I think thoughts that other people have thought, and I rearrange them. But Sara, she thinks thoughts that never were before."

"Toto, I don't think we're talking white-socks-and-sandals any more."

"If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it."

"Most days I wake up thinking I'm the luckiest bastard alive."

"EFI is this other Intel brain-damage ."

"It looks like the IT security world has hit a new low. If you work in security, and think you have some morals, I think you might want to add the tag-line "No, really, I'm not a whore. Pinky promise" to your business card. Because I thought the whole industry was corrupt before, but it's getting ridiculous. At what point will security people admit they have an attention-whoring problem?"

"Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them."