Linus Torvalds Quotes

To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Sometimes I stagger even myself with my genius.

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.

I truly am the reflection of perfection.

Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time.

Why's it so sunny?" she repeated. Zooey observed her rather narrowly. "I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy," he said.

Arrogance is a weird emotion to take on, but you have to do it.

Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.

Programming is all about numbers.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

I'm basically one of the best people I know.

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is?' I just told you who I thought I was. A god. I just told you. That's who I think I am.

If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.

Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little.

Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.

Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.

Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life.

In fact, I am never wrong.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

I want you," he muttered. "Get rid of him and take me. The only risk is losing someone you don't have anyway. He's not what you need, Ella. I am" "Unbelievable," I said in disgust. "What's unbelievable?" "Your ego. It's surrounded by its own cloud of antimatter. You're a black hole of...of hubris!