Linus Torvalds Quotes

The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.

In open source, you really have to be near the watershed to have an impact on the source code. Customers want to be near the key contributors to the code, not a level removed.

I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort.

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.

We're not done yet, but two things WordPress has been able to exemplify is that open source can create great user experiences and that it's possible to have a successful commercial entity and a wider free software community living and working in harmony.

The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius.

One finger cannot lift a pebble.

We all do better when we work together.

When people come together, they become much more productive.

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.

You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

The main thing we were made for is to work with others.

No individual can win a game by himself.

We started thinking if we can have more people involved instead of less people involved, wouldn't that be a good thing?

Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.

I learned early on that success is best if it is shared.

A single tree cannot make a forest.

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

When you get to really involve yourself with a piece and the other people, and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think.

I know, for myself, I probably work a lot better in that - in the group environment. Only because if I am coming up short, someone else helps.

Being part of a team that was so unselfish was amazing. What we were able to accomplish was very meaningful, and the fact we were able to get it done as a team.