Linus Torvalds

"Nothing is ever really finished. It just evolves."

"Usable, working, powerful. Pick any two."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"The thing about open source is that it allows people to share."

"Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial project, and you should never expect it to get large."

"I think the big issue is that nobody's using the newest parts of the technology."

"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"The real innovation is sustainable technical solutions."

"Code is poetry written for computers, but it must be readable by humans."

"Coding is about making things simple for others to understand."

"The journey of open source is about building something together."

"Most bugs are initially of own making."

"Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs."

"Perfect is the enemy of good."

"Do what you think is right, and let the critics yell."

"Software development is like gardening. You plant seeds and nurture them."

"The most important thing is that the code works."

"Evolution is more powerful than revolution."

"Don't get caught up in the hype. Focus on the fundamentals."

"A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't know existed can render your own computer unusable."

"The kernel is like the constitution of an operating system."

"You have to love what you're doing or you won't be successful at it."

"Innovation happens at the intersection of technology and humanity."

"Complexity is the enemy of execution."

"The best code is the code that is not written."

"Open source is about empowering people."

"Making mistakes is how you learn."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

"Software is like a baby: just because it's born doesn't mean it's finished."