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Tim Berners-Lee Quotes

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we’re not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split Picture Quote #1

What’s very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring Picture Quote #1

When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination Picture Quote #1

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don’t care as much about attractive sites and pretty design Picture Quote #1

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large Picture Quote #1

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past Picture Quote #1

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The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation Picture Quote #1

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on Picture Quote #1

I suppose it’s amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don’t work Picture Quote #1

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch Picture Quote #1

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance Picture Quote #1

You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it Picture Quote #1

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It’s mine - you can’t have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I’m getting in return Picture Quote #1

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy Picture Quote #1

The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information Picture Quote #1

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want Picture Quote #1

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other Picture Quote #1

The Semantic Web isn’t inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It’s just about the relationships between things Picture Quote #1

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People keep asking me what I think of it now that it’s done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done! Picture Quote #1

It was never clear that it wouldn’t just stop (the WWW). Any time during that exponential growth, it could have stalled. I think we were never very confident until 1993 Picture Quote #1

It’s the whole cat and mouse game between the readers and writers that makes the web work Picture Quote #1

On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable Picture Quote #1

I’m very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place Picture Quote #1

I myself feel that it is very important that my ISP supplies internet to my house like the water company supplies water to my house. It supplies connectivity with no strings attached Picture Quote #1

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The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information Picture Quote #1

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don’t Picture Quote #1

It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn’t even have words like click and jump and page Picture Quote #1

I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions Picture Quote #1

I don’t know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people’s websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries Picture Quote #1

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Everybody who runs a Web site knows we’re not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) What’s very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don’t care as much about attractive sites and pretty design (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) I suppose it’s amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don’t work (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) [The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) It’s mine - you can’t have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I’m getting in return (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The Semantic Web isn’t inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It’s just about the relationships between things (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) People keep asking me what I think of it now that it’s done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done! (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) It was never clear that it wouldn’t just stop (the WWW). Any time during that exponential growth, it could have stalled. I think we were never very confident until 1993 (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) It’s the whole cat and mouse game between the readers and writers that makes the web work (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) I’m very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) I myself feel that it is very important that my ISP supplies internet to my house like the water company supplies water to my house. It supplies connectivity with no strings attached (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don’t (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn’t even have words like click and jump and page (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes) I don’t know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people’s websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries (Tim Berners-Lee Quotes)

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