Linus Torvalds Quotes

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

I do enjoy my own company. I cannot imagine anybody entertaining me more than I do. If it sounds selfish, I don't care. I made it a religion almost.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

I have my pace and way of living, and I'm not looking for something.

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

I like being independent. I don't think that marriage means you're not independent, but right now I'm very comfortable, and I'm probably the happiest I've ever been. I feel solid. I feel safe.

If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

You can't please everybody. All you can do is please yourself.

To me, it's not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love sex. I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.

I think I've been happy because I've been able to do what I believe in, and on my own terms.

I'm not looking for anybody or anything. I'm just living my life.

I'm quite happy being single.

I have no boyfriend. No time. None send me over the moon, so I just kind of do my thing.

I'm not a guy who needs the spotlight. It's not something I have to have. I'm content to sit at home.

I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, from the age of 17, I've been able to do what I wanted, and that makes for a kind of contentment, a fairly pleasant demeanor.

There's nothing wrong with taking yourself out of the dating pool. You don't need to be in a relationship because that's what society expects of you or because your grandmother thinks you need to be married by a certain date. Those days are over. Instead, take a step back and say, 'I'm OK alone.'

You don't need a man to make you happy, let's just be clear about that. All right?

Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

I don't need a man to be happy. I had a great one , that was good enough. I don't expect to find another one like him, and why settle for anything less? I'm going ot be perfectly content alone.--Marya