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Linus Torvalds quotes

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“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” Linus Torvalds - 2000

“Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.” Linus Torvalds - 2005

“Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.” Linus Torvalds - 2009

“On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.” Linus Torvalds - 2013

“I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.” Linus Torvalds - 1991

“Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.” Linus Torvalds - 1992

“thousands of people are using linux just to be able to say 'OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name'.” Linus Torvalds - 1993

“If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program.” Linus Torvalds - 1995

“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 - 1996

“An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.” Linus Torvalds - 1995

“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 - 1998

“we humans have never been able to replicate something more complicated than what we ourselves are, yet natural selection did it without even thinking.” Linus Torvalds - 2001

“start small, and think about the details.” Linus Torvalds - 2004

“I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.” Linus Torvalds - 2008

“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 - 2010

“I think Open Source is the right thing to do the same way I believe science is better than alchemy.” Linus Torvalds - 2007

“'it depends' is almost always the right answer in any big question.” Linus Torvalds - 2008

“Every time I see some piece of medical research saying that caffeine is good for you, I high-five myself. Because I'm going to live forever.” Linus Torvalds - 2010

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