“Revered monks and people. This public rally is aimed at informing the whole world of the will of the people”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Leopards can carry twice their own weight up a tree...I don't have a joke for that, yet. But, when you walk out of here tonight, you can say, "Well, at least I learned something. That guy's like a fucking Snapple!"”— Daniel Tosh, en.wikiquote.org
“I liked the idea that a piece of information is really defined only by what it's related to, and how it's related. There really is little else to meaning. The structure is everything.”— Tim Berners-Lee, amazon.com
“When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. … Democracy depends on freedom of speech. Freedom of connection, with any application, to any party, is the fundamental social b…”— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org
“It is the the duty of a Webmaster to allocate URIs which you will be able to stand by in 2 years, in 20 years, in 200 years.”— Tim Berners-Lee, amazon.com
“Web 1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along.”— Tim Berners-Lee, ibm.com
“The fact that we're all connected, the fact that we've got this information space — does change the parameters. It changes the way people live and work. It changes things for good and for bad. But I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is g…”— Tim Berners-Lee, ibm.com
“This project is experimental and of course comes without any warranty whatsoever. However, it could start a revolution in information access.”— Tim Berners-Lee, amazon.com
“We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities. The aim would be to allow a place to be found for any information or reference which one felt was important, and a way of f…”— Tim Berners-Lee, w3.org
“When you control the mail, you control...information.”— Carol Leifer, Newman, Wayne Knight, imdb.com
“The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”— Gertrude Stein, en.wikiquote.org
“To know nothing is nothing, not to want to know anything likewise, but to be beyond knowing anything, to know you are beyond knowing anything, that is when peace enters in, to the soul of the incurious seeker.”— Samuel Beckett, amazon.com
“They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”— Neil Gaiman, youtube.com
“All information was important information, even if the reasons were not immediately apparent.”— Joseph Fink, amazon.com
“Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information.”— Michael Schur, Michael Scott, Steve Carell, amazon.com
“If an ex girlfriend or boyfriend is interested, you'll notice them finding out more about your life than what you've already told them since the breakup. They may have learned the information from a friend or a friend of a friend or whomever, the bottom line is they've heard something about you and…”— Brad Browning, yourtango.com
“Presently a serpent sought them out privately, and came to them walking upright, which was the way of serpents in those days. The serpent said the forbidden fruit would store their vacant minds with knowledge. So they ate it, which was quite natural, for man is so made that he eagerly wants to know;…”— Mark Twain, amazon.com