Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
Linus TorvaldsI don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.
Linus TorvaldsI seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime.
Linus Torvalds