Logo
Quote by Linus Torvalds
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the w

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. – Linus Torvalds

Other quotes by Linus Torvalds

The Linux philosophy is Laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong One. Do it yourself. Yes, thats it. – Linus Torvalds

Category:
Technology
Author
Linus Torvalds
Read Quote

The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return. – Linus Torvalds

Category:
Trust
Author
Linus Torvalds
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Intelligence
category

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it. – Huston Smith

Category:
Intelligence

In Europe they call geeks smart people, and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesnt value intelligence enough so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek. – James Marsters

Category:
Intelligence

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. – Stephen Leacock

Category:
Intelligence

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. – Walter Lippmann

Category:
Intelligence

Random Quotes

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time. – Don Zimmer

Category:
Time

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, its all there, at least the basic elements of it. You cant change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. – Stephen King

Category:
Change

A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence suggests, exotic micro-organisms have arisen independently of terrestrial life, studying them could revolutionise biology, medicine and biotechnology. – Paul Davies

Category:
Science

Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels. – Julianna Baggott

Category:
Imagination