Linus Torvalds Quotes

The main reason there are no raw devices in Linux is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.

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• When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Stupid
  • Young
  • Silly

• When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • Beautiful
  • Stupid
  • Problems

• I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Family
  • Opportunity
  • Lost

• The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.

  

  Warren Spector
  • People
  • Stupid
  • Box

• School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • School
  • Law
  • Day

• Homer is the nice side of Al Bundy with the same intellect. I really like him and Al Bundy.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Nice
  • Like
  • Same

• Stress overload makes us stupid. Solid research proves it. When we get overstressed, it creates a nasty chemical soup in our brains that makes it hard to pull out of the anxious depressive spiral.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Stupid
  • Stress
  • Research

• They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Military
  • Stupid
  • Intelligent

• I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Time
  • Job
  • Stupid

• There was reference made to our leaders being stupid. It's not a question of stupidity. It's that they don't want to enforce the immigration laws. That there are far too many in the Washington cartel that support amnesty.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Support
  • Question
  • Stupid

• When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.

  

  Patrick Marber
  • Believe
  • Stupid
  • Choice

• I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • People
  • Stupid
  • Pink

• With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.

  

  Ian Dunbar
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Confidence

• I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Mind
  • Hate
  • Myself

• I get asked that almost every day, but I've been saying the same thing... I'm not going to take any more stupid questions about Donald Trump. It's not what I focus on every day.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Day
  • Focus
  • Stupid

• My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Good
  • Respect
  • Stupid

• Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Job
  • Stupid
  • Yourself

• I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day.

  

  Webb Simpson
  • Day
  • Jesus
  • Stupid

• Temptation is just that - she's the girl you claim you don't want, but in the moment, you have more drinks than you should in the club. One thing leads to another, and suddenly you've done something really stupid. You've jeopardized what could've potentially been a really great relationship, all due to temptation.

  

  Ne-Yo
  • Great
  • Done
  • She

• You know why I am a prisoner-because the laws are so stupid that we prefer to break them than to live by them, although it means life-long imprisonment.

  

  Brian Aldiss
  • Life
  • Long
  • Live

• There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Work
  • Study
  • Discipline

• I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good.

  

  Lily Cole
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• I do support artists standing by their beliefs, and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music, while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted, or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Music
  • Trying
  • Done

• The main reason there are no raw devices in Linux is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.

  

  Linus Torvalds
  • Stupid