Author of quotes: Linus Torvalds

Mom told her friends to journalists that I was such an unpretentious child that a closet with a computer is enough for me to be happy, where a pack of pasta is thrown from time to time. She was not far from the truth. No one was afraid that this child would be kidnapped. (I wonder if anyone would have noticed this?)

Since almost all of my relatives are journalists, I feel entitled to joke with reporters about knowing what kind of goats they are.

I was helped to pass the winter a special sport for indoor spaces: programming.

Our family nest was a room in our grandparents' apartment. My first cradle was a laundry basket. Fortunately, I don't remember that period very well.

There are only three things that matter in life. They move both you and any living creature: the first is survival, the second is social order, and the third is pleasure. Everything in life goes through these three stages. And after the pleasure there is already nothing, Hence the conclusion: the meaning of life is to reach the third stage. Reached it - and it's in the bag. But first - go through the previous two ... The most obvious example is sex. Initially, it served to survive, then it became part of the social order: hence the marriage. And then it goes into the category of entertainment.

If someone complains to you about fame and fortune - do not listen to him. It's just that.

I married the first woman who contacted me by email.

Anyone who has been in Finland in winter will understand the origins of widespread drunkenness.

Programs are like sex: better when free.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid performing work, but so it was made.