Quotes of Internet - somelinesforyou

“ When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page. ”

- Bill Clinton

“ I sense an insatiable demand for connectivity. Maybe all these people have discovered important uses for the Internet. Perhaps some of them feel hungry for a community that our real neighborhoods don't deliver. At least a few must wonder what the big deal is. ”

- Clifford Stoll

“ It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. ”

- Denise Caruso

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. ”

- Penn Jillette

“ I think the Internet is uniquely suited to this free market idea: that everyone on the Internet that exchanges the traffic back and forth, big or small, we all need each other. ”

- Pete Ashdown

“ On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. ”

- Peter Steiner

“ We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. ”

- Robert Wilensky

“ If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet, and you can find a lot of people there who don't like you. ”

- Tina Fey

“ The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. ”

- William Gibson

“ My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. ”

- Penn Jillette

“ We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. ”

- Robert Wilensky

“ On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. ”

- Peter Steiner

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Information on the Internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar. ”

- George Lundberg

“ Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. ”

- Mitchell Kapor

“ The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. ”

- Andrew Brown

“ Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks. ”

- Unknown

“ Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone boasts about doing more than they actually do. But in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more. ”

- Tom Fasulo

“ The Internet browser… is the piece of software that puts a message on your computer screen informing you that the Internet is currently busy and you should try again later. ”

- Dave Barry

“ It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics. ”

- Denise Caruso

“ While you are destroying your mind watching the worthless, brain-rotting drivel on TV, we on the Internet are exchanging, freely and openly, the most uninhibited, intimate and, yes, shocking details about our config.sys settings. ”

- Dave Barry

“ What, exactly, is the Internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a "modem" can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo. ”

- Dave Barry

“ The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. ”

- William Gibson

“ Will the highways on the Internet become more few? ”

- George W. Bush

“ The Internet provides a delivery system for pathological states of mind. ”

- Phillip Adams

“ The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. ”

- Dave Barry

“ The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back. I don't need jackhammers and atom bomb to get in when I can walk through the door. ”

- Anon.

“ It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies. ”

- Mike Royko
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