Quotes About Linus

You can't bluff an old theologian. Linus

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.

I would like a cappuccino, says Linus politely. Thank you. Your name? I'll spell it for you, he says. Z-W-P-A-E-N-- What? She stares at him, Sharpie in hand. Wait, I haven't finished. Double F-hyphen-T-J-U-S. It's an unusual name, Linus adds gravely. It's Dutch.

Where did you find this charmer ? Linus asked me. In an abandoned mall. He followed me home.

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.

Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what you call a failure face, Linus. Notice how it has failure written all over it. Study it carefully Linus. You rarely see such a good example. Notice the deep lines, the dull vacant look in the eyes. Yes, I would say this is one of the finest examples of a failure face that your liable to see for a long while.

What's that?" "It looks like something from Linus... It is! He sent me a little birch-bark canoe from camp! He said he made it himself... Sometimes I think I don't deserve a nice brother like Linus..." "I have often thought the same thing." "Dear Linus, please send me another canoe. The first one broke when I threw it at Charlie Brown.

See the valentine I made for Linus? On the inside, I wrote, To my sweet babboo." "He says he's not your sweet babboo." "What does he know?