Linus Torvalds Quotes

I cannot stand all the people who take themselves very seriously, who cannot just laugh at themselves.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

I've hung on for a long time in this business and had some success, and I think it's keeping an open mind and being curious and having a sense of humor about oneself that's important.

This is something people don't realize about me, but I can laugh - and laugh at myself.

You can't take yourself too seriously with anything.

My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me.

I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

I'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.

Apparently, I don't want to take myself too seriously.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

I've never taken myself too seriously.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think that I have. I think one can be as snarky and sarcastic as lots of people, but I have never found that it makes me particularly happy.

Laugh at yourself - a lot. My mum taught me not to take myself too seriously.

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.