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Internet Quotes

When Wikipedia first started, the only people interacting on the Internet were hard core geeks. Now everyone is there, and they’re attracted to the easy, free ways to interact Picture Quote #1

Remember, ‘governance’ is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches everything. It’s everywhere, and that’s why Internet governance is Topic A in many corners Picture Quote #1

Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly Picture Quote #1

When the Internet first came, I thought it was just the beacon of freedom. People could communicate with anyone, anywhere, and nobody could stop it Picture Quote #1

The other day I went to a movie with some friends, and they were like, ‘Let’s look it up on the Internet and see what people are saying,’ and I was like, ‘Man, that’s messed up.’ Picture Quote #1

My friends asked me to be a reverend at their wedding in France a few years ago. I went on the Internet, and within 15 seconds, I was printing out a certificate which allowed me to officiate at their wedding Picture Quote #1

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I don’t really have that much contact with Americans. I mean, I see the oddest things on the Internet, I suppose. And I’ve got a couple of American friends, but they are Anglophiles anyway because they’ve decided to come live here Picture Quote #1

I have one major problem with the internet: It’s full of liars. There doesn’t seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you Picture Quote #1

Even when I make mistakes and people exploit my mistakes on television or on the Internet, and they use it to make fun of me, it’s just kind of working in my favor at the end. It’s really strange Picture Quote #1

I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me Picture Quote #1

With these Funny or Die videos, I do everything for them. I write them, act in them, and co-direct them with my buddy Brian McGinn, who I grew up with. We also edit them together. We’re working on a small scale of Internet videos, but we’re slowly trying to make them become a bigger thing Picture Quote #1

It’s funny how sometimes you learn things off the Internet before they’re actually told to you Picture Quote #1

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By 1988, I’m seeing this commercial phenomenon beginning to show up. Hardware makers are selling routers to universities so they can build up their campus networks. So I remember thinking, ‘Well, how are we going to get this in the hands of the general public?’ There were no public Internet services at that point Picture Quote #1

It’s ironic that this amazing invention of the Internet has made information gathering easier available than ever, but that this platform also helps spread misinformation Picture Quote #1

When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit Picture Quote #1

AIR was born from thinking about how rich Internet applications would play out over time and what new pieces of technology would be in demand for these to go to their next generation Picture Quote #1

Back, you know, a few generations ago, people didn’t have a way to share information and express their opinions efficiently to a lot of people. But now they do. Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they’re thinking and have their voice be heard Picture Quote #1

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I’m not an Internet artist, I didn’t get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the street, walking on foot, going to parties, passing them out Picture Quote #1

The Internet is an almost miraculous way of getting information, of finding and organizing with each other, both minutely and globally. A million times better than the phone and the mimeograph! Also much better than TV, which is one-way and passive Picture Quote #1

Getting information from the internet is like getting a glass of water from the Niagara Falls Picture Quote #1

I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don’t do social media at all; I’m a Luddite from that point of view Picture Quote #1

We’re more interested in someone writing a really great answer that’s going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet Picture Quote #1

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move Picture Quote #1

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In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that there are groups working on ways to help people get online when domestic networks get shut down. This could also be of use to some people in China Picture Quote #1

But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had proven that Picture Quote #1

Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you’ve realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it’s erotic to see an Asian woman giving a hand job to a javelina, nothing else in the world seems crazy Picture Quote #1

I think this is one reason why the Lord invented the Internet - so members can teach one another how to succeed in assignments the Lord has given us, and to give us opportunities to inspire and bear testimony in a horizontal way Picture Quote #1

The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia Picture Quote #1

A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like ‘crime’ and ‘security’ that are currently unregulated at the global level due to lack of international consensus over what those terms actually mean or over how to balance enforcement with the protection of citizens’ rights Picture Quote #1

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When Wikipedia first started, the only people interacting on the Internet were hard core geeks. Now everyone is there, and they’re attracted to the easy, free ways to interact. (Internet Quotes) Remember, ‘governance’ is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches everything. It’s everywhere, and that’s why Internet governance is Topic A in many corners. (Internet Quotes) Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly. (Internet Quotes) When the Internet first came, I thought it was just the beacon of freedom. People could communicate with anyone, anywhere, and nobody could stop it. (Internet Quotes) The other day I went to a movie with some friends, and they were like, ‘Let’s look it up on the Internet and see what people are saying,’ and I was like, ‘Man, that’s messed up.’ (Internet Quotes) My friends asked me to be a reverend at their wedding in France a few years ago. I went on the Internet, and within 15 seconds, I was printing out a certificate which allowed me to officiate at their wedding. (Internet Quotes) I don’t really have that much contact with Americans. I mean, I see the oddest things on the Internet, I suppose. And I’ve got a couple of American friends, but they are Anglophiles anyway because they’ve decided to come live here. (Internet Quotes) I have one major problem with the internet: It’s full of liars. There doesn’t seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you. (Internet Quotes) Even when I make mistakes and people exploit my mistakes on television or on the Internet, and they use it to make fun of me, it’s just kind of working in my favor at the end. It’s really strange. (Internet Quotes) I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me. (Internet Quotes) With these Funny or Die videos, I do everything for them. I write them, act in them, and co-direct them with my buddy Brian McGinn, who I grew up with. We also edit them together. We’re working on a small scale of Internet videos, but we’re slowly trying to make them become a bigger thing. (Internet Quotes) It’s funny how sometimes you learn things off the Internet before they’re actually told to you. (Internet Quotes) By 1988, I’m seeing this commercial phenomenon beginning to show up. Hardware makers are selling routers to universities so they can build up their campus networks. So I remember thinking, ‘Well, how are we going to get this in the hands of the general public?’ There were no public Internet services at that point. (Internet Quotes) It’s ironic that this amazing invention of the Internet has made information gathering easier available than ever, but that this platform also helps spread misinformation. (Internet Quotes) When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit. (Internet Quotes) Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don’t think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over. (Internet Quotes) AIR was born from thinking about how rich Internet applications would play out over time and what new pieces of technology would be in demand for these to go to their next generation. (Internet Quotes) Back, you know, a few generations ago, people didn’t have a way to share information and express their opinions efficiently to a lot of people. But now they do. Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they’re thinking and have their voice be heard. (Internet Quotes) I’m not an Internet artist, I didn’t get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the street, walking on foot, going to parties, passing them out. (Internet Quotes) The Internet is an almost miraculous way of getting information, of finding and organizing with each other, both minutely and globally. A million times better than the phone and the mimeograph! Also much better than TV, which is one-way and passive. (Internet Quotes) Getting information from the internet is like getting a glass of water from the Niagara Falls (Internet Quotes) I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don’t do social media at all; I’m a Luddite from that point of view. (Internet Quotes) We’re more interested in someone writing a really great answer that’s going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet. (Internet Quotes) I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move. (Internet Quotes) In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that there are groups working on ways to help people get online when domestic networks get shut down. This could also be of use to some people in China. (Internet Quotes) But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had proven that. (Internet Quotes) Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you’ve realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it’s erotic to see an Asian woman giving a hand job to a javelina, nothing else in the world seems crazy. (Internet Quotes) I think this is one reason why the Lord invented the Internet - so members can teach one another how to succeed in assignments the Lord has given us, and to give us opportunities to inspire and bear testimony in a horizontal way. (Internet Quotes) The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia. (Internet Quotes) A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like ‘crime’ and ‘security’ that are currently unregulated at the global level due to lack of international consensus over what those terms actually mean or over how to balance enforcement with the protection of citizens’ rights. (Internet Quotes)

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