“Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- teach.”
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
“Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.”
Post the Linux Kernel Mailing List, 2003-09-23, Torvalds, Linus, 2007-06-26, http://web.archive.org/20050226095919/kerneltrap.org/node/901, 2005-02-26 http://kerneltrap.org/node/901, <br class="br">Torvalds did not originate this quote http://shlomif.livejournal.com/39215.html, and there are earlier records for it. This is a variation on "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches," which is also attributed to George Bernard Shaw. <br class="br">2000s, 2000-04
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