Linus Torvalds

"The biggest mistake people make is overthinking things."

"I believe in giving people the freedom to make their own choices."

"You can't please everyone, so focus on doing good work."

"The open source community is more resilient than any corporation."

"I think the key to happiness is doing work you believe in."

"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'Git'."

"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."

"The thing that makes a good open source project is not the code, it's the community."

"Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done."

"Just for fun - that's what it's all about."

"Bad things happen when you don't communicate."

"Real men don't use backups. They upload it via FTP and have everyone else keep a copy."

"I'm basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things."

"The Linux philosophy is 'laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong one. 'Do it yourself'. That's it."

"I do not think I'm better than anyone else. I'm just willing to work more."

"Patience is a virtue when you're young; when you're old, it's just a necessity."

"Free speech is important, but not as important as not being messed with."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"The key to a successful project is making sure people enjoy it."

"I love my job. I get to work with brilliant people and solve interesting problems."

"Open source is the future. Proprietary software is dying."

"Good kernel programmers are not made, they are born."

"I'll take pragmatism over ideology any day."

"The biggest reason I am successful is that I surround myself with good people."

"I think the idea of having constant software development is great."

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

"Most of the good programmers I know of are not doing it for the money."

"I think that's the real key to open source success: not fighting the system, but working with it."

"Perfection is the enemy of done."

"I'm not interested in making money. I just want to have interesting problems to solve."