Linus Torvalds Quotes

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think it's going to change the face of the desktop.

There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

I'm happy about the fact that I got to do what I wanted to do since I was a kid. The fact that I got to live the dream that I wanted to live.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

In the end, the important thing is that you decide where you will be happy and where you can do well, to show that as well as being footballers, we are people.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

Success is happiness. People say, "Oh that sounds corny." No matter how rich you are you can only sit your ass in one seat at a time. You have to be comfortable in that seat.

One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.

I hope people enjoy what I do. That would make me happy because I'd be bringing others pleasure while doing something I like.

You want the people to know, but you don't really want the things behind it. I have everything I ever wanted. I never wanted a big house. I never wanted a Ferrari. I mean, as I proceeded with the music, I started liking Ferraris...

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.

Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough?

I work for enjoyment and satisfaction - not just to earn a living.

I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and that everyone you knew could be happy, and they could all do what they really wanted to do, and they could all find the people they wanted to find.

When people are still getting pleasure from something that you did 30 years ago, it makes you feel good. I always say it makes an old man happy.

Doing something purely for one's own enjoyment is fine, but, I must admit, finding that others enjoy it as well has a certain power over the corners of my mouth.

Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.

I never get too many problems. You can never please everyone anyway, obviously. And some people take the easy route and just play the greatest hits, and their audience is happy to hear that as well, and that's fine, but it wouldn't please me. But it doesn't trouble me.

The most certain mode of making people content with us is to make them content with themselves.