Linus Torvalds Quotes

In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe.

A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.

When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.

What a lot of people don't know, because in a lot of TV and movies, they have a lot of men talking about computers - it was a woman who invented the first compiler!

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

I'm not a computer girl.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

I look like a geeky hacker, but I don't know anything about computers.

I don't like labels, but I do have blue eyes and I'm soulful, so what am I going to do?

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name.

I love technology and I can handle myself around a computer.

The short version is I'm just a total Apple fanboy. I started programming Apples in seventh grade.

I'm into computers and have been for a while.

I would still describe myself as a hacker. I still remember feeling the magic, the sense of discovery, when I first connected to a bulletin board. It seemed like the world was somehow brighter, the greens were greener. Like I'd stepped through a portal to the other side. I knew back then that things would never be the same again for me.

I took Pascal, and I was terrible. And then, when I went to NYU, I minored in computer science. I just couldn't code. I just didn't have the patience for it.

Computer science is not just for smart 'nerds' in hoodies coding in basements. Coding is extremely creative and is an integral part of almost every industry.

Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures.

I think people are particularly interested to see who the real me is, but... different stories call for different approaches and you change based on the experience you want that person to have.

Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.

In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on, and the dedication to go through with it. We slept on floors. We waded across rivers.