Linus Torvalds Quotes

I held so much in during the weeks prior to my fight with Ronda. I might have said or posted some things at the time that I now realize was not the right thing to do.

So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.

Sometimes when you remember yourself in a big, big fight, and you remember being very emotional, you use words, and you react in a way that you take back some hours later.

Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.

Sorry I’m so sarcastic. I feel really bad about it.

My policy is I am always more than happy to say, "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." What I am not willing to do is take back what I said. Unless I am wrong.

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

I think I regret the impact on everybody. But I think I just maybe could have gone about it in a kinder way.

While I'd like to believe that I'm not a bad or evil person, regardless, it's clear that some of my past actions have hurt or offended several women. And I probably deserve to be called a creep.

I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally I apologize for.

Have I been overly aggressive in some sparring sessions? Yes, I have. There's things, there's punches and things I've thrown that's been too aggressive and I've gotten to where I've had to tell myself, yeah, I shouldn't have done that, kind of thing.

There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.

Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.

I was too aggressive. Too angry.

Sometimes I've said things that I shouldn't have.

At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.

I'm the guilty one for uttering those terrible, ugly words.

If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.

I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.

We all say things that we later regret.

If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right.