Quotes by Internet The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks! Lennie James meinternetfamilyworld It's much easier for people to compare wages or identify bad employers or discuss bad labor practices in the Internet economy than it was in, say, a factory environment, where that stuff wasn't usually published or available. Leila Janah badinternetenvironmentpeople I do occasionally get into that 'checking Twitter every five minutes' state - 'Please, help me avoid my work.' I have a writing room for when I get completely out of control, so I can put myself out of the Internet's reach. Margo Lanagan myselfmeinternetwork I'm quite enthusiastic about any kind of gadget and app and feature and things that enable me to have a very convenient lifestyle. We buy our groceries on the Internet; I buy furniture, clothes for myself and my kids. Margrethe Vestager myselfmeclothesinternet He told me I didn't understand, that we were from the bleak industrial wastes of North England, or something, and that we didn't understand the Internet. I told him Fall fans invented the Internet. They were on there in 1982. Mark E. Smith understandmeinternetfall Even the most brilliant accomplishments on the Internet are essentially cold. Google has changed the world, but you don't snuggle up to it. YouTube is a giant carnival, filled with freaks and mountebanks, a place to gawk and laugh and get bored. Certainly not a place to feel anything. Marshall Herskovitz laughyouinternetworld The further I've gotten into the Internet, the more I've become convinced that we've explored only a tiny corner of what it can mean and what we can feel there. Marshall Herskovitz moreonlyfeelinternet At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate. Mary Bono willinternetgovernmentpeople I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly. Mary Garden slowlydaysinternetgames I don't think that the Internet creates feelings that aren't there, nor does it provide an outlet. On the contrary, what I have thought about things like computer games - what has disturbed me about them - is that they appear to stimulate feelings of aggression without providing any physical release. Mary Gaitskill thoughtthinkmeinternet I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before the Internet and before everything, just to get anything interesting, you had to go on vacation to San Francisco or something. But I think when you're in the middle of America, you feel very jealous of not just comedy but music that you don't have access to. Matt Besser youjealousinternetmusic As more wealth and political power is amassed - as bitcoins rise in value - Congress and various lobbying groups will be influenced to an ever greater extent by the interests of Bitcoin owners who - in turn - will lobby to keep the Internet and Bitcoin alive and growing. Max Keiser valueinternetpoliticalpower I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book. Meghan Daum internetsweetlongpeople It has been aptly noted that web browsers are less Internet navigation tools than they are ebooks with highly diverse content. Michael A. Stackpole webcontentinternettools I think the thing that bothers me is that there's a component of the Internet where people can write really nasty things anonymously. Michael Bacon thinkmeinternetpeople Newspapers and magazines have been valuable to us precisely because they apply filters to information, otherwise known as editing, and often the Internet seems valuable for exactly the opposite reason: You can get your news without a filter. Michael Specter younewsinternetediting The minute we became a global society, especially now that we're all connected up with the Internet, people wanted to believe in something a little more interesting than their earthbound lives. Michael T. Weiss internetsocietybelievepeople I joined an Internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it. Michel Faber questionharvestinternetcommunity Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities. Mike Davidson beginninglifestyleinternetage Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. Mitch Kapor internetinformationtechnologyfire«5455565758596061626364»
