“People are hurting out there, perhaps they are ready to start a conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able 6,000 rounds on the internet.” PeopleShouldHandsAbleHurtReadyInternetCitizensConversationRounds Author:Brian Williams
“Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user's phone number and home address, anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user's date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.” ShouldHomeNumbersInformationBirthInternetConnectionsDollarsIncludingPhonesAccessIncomeAddressesMailUsersPhone NumbersPersonal InformationInternet Connection Author:Al Franken
“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“Google, Microsoft and Yahoo should be developing new technologies to bypass government sensors and barriers to the Internet; but instead, they agreed to guard the gates themselves.” ShouldGovernmentTechnologyInternetDevelopingBarriersGatesGoogleMicrosoftNew TechnologyBypassSensors Author:Tom Lantos
“The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.” WantGivingShouldGovernmentResultsInternet Author:Edward Felten
“I guess there should be somewhere on the Internet that feels like a source of sacred truth. But Wikipedia sure isn't it.” FeelsShouldSourceInternetSacredWikipedia Author:Nick Kroll
“The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it.” ShouldAudienceClearInternetConsensus Author:J. J. Abrams
“I tell kids not to be on the Internet. It's dangerous. It's not fun. It wastes your life. You should just be outside playing sports, instead of sitting in front of any type of screen.” ShouldKidsFunSportsDangerousFrontsTypeInternetWasteSittingScreensPlaying Sports Author:Miley Cyrus
“The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves” MenShouldMadeStatesInternetSlaveServantFree Speech Book:The World As I See It Source: The World As I See It
“My constant focus is on being better. Should I be doing multimedia video production? Or seminars on the Internet? How can I do what I'm already doing in a more forceful way?” WayShouldFocusInternetConstantProductionsVideoShould ISeminarsMultimedia Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I have a little tradition that humbles me as a man that lets me know I'm a part of the field and a part of the game, and it's the very bottom as well as the very top. Yeah, it's going to be all over the internet. You know what? You should've seen some games before this. I'll tell you one thing, the grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best.” KnowsMenShouldWellsLittlesGamesOne ThingFieldsInternetTasteTraditionLet MeYeahBottomGrassTigersStadiumsLsuTiger Stadium Author:Les Miles
“Twitter is really a hyper-distilled version of how the internet should work - short bursts of relatively useful information.” ShouldInformationInternetVersionsHyperUseful Information Author:Chris Hardwick
“To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education.” PeopleWorldShouldInterestBreakInformationInternetAvailableBoundariesPlaces In The World Author:Melanie Griffith
“Guys should not be allowed to use the Internet all day long. So sad.” ShouldLongUseGuyInternetSo Sad Author:Natasha Leggero
“John Kerry is finding out that it is no fun to be the front runner, that's when you get all the heat. He had to deny internet rumors this week that he had Botox treatments. The Republicans say Kerry should have a clear, unfurrowed brow the old fashioned way by not giving a sh--.” WayGivingShouldFunClearWeekFrontsInternetRepublicanFindingsShould HaveDenyHeatTreatmentRunnersOld FashionedRumorBrowsJohn KerryBotox Author:Bill Maher
“Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.” ShouldGovernmentPoliticsTechnologyPolicyInternetEthicsConstitutionSpeedIdeologyObamacareNasaNeutralityCruzNet Neutrality Author:Ted Cruz
“America should be cooling down the tensions in the internet, making it a more trusted environment, making it a more secure environment, making it a more reliable environment, because that's the foundation of our economy and our future.” ShouldAmericaEconomyEnvironmentInternetFoundationSecureTensionOur FutureTrustedCooling Author:Edward Snowden
“We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening on the internet.” IfsShouldForceTermDecisionMilitaryInternetComputerHappeningsApplicationMilitary Force Author:Edward Snowden
“Serious rational criticism is so rare that it should be encouraged. Being too ready to defend oneself is more dangerous than being too ready to admit a mistake.” ShouldMistakeDangerousSeriousReadyInternetCriticismOneselfRationalFree SpeechBe Encouraged Author:Karl Popper
“The United States should.... avoid unilateral export controls and controls on technology widely available in world markets. Unilateral controls penalize U.S. exporters without advancing U.S. national security or foreign policy interests.” WorldShouldStatesInterestUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesSecurityPolicyInternetAvailableForeign PolicyFree SpeechNational SecurityAdvancing Author:William J. Clinton
“If any issue should unite liberals and conservatives, anyone who cares about the integrity of human achievement or respect for human accomplishment, may we not all pledge to avoid the silly censoring that can lead to a codification of Orwell's Newspeak? Consider John Milton's reasons for why good arguments are often lost: 'For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!'” IfsWantShouldHumansMayReasonCareLostIssuesDoubtInternetIntegrityAchievementArgumentBreathsSillyAccomplishmentNo DoubtFree SpeechWho CaresPledgeMiltonCensoring Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as is the FCC, to promote new competition by selling the airwaves in auctions.” ShouldJusticePositionInternetCompetitionIncludingBarsSellingDepartmentFree SpeechAuctionsMergersFccTelecommunicationsMonopolizing Author:Reed Hundt
“I would love to blog daily but I have not been making time for it because my internet is very slow. Everyone should make time for writing.” ShouldWritingInternetBlogsMaking Time Author:Jason Mraz
“Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax?” IfsShouldI CanCompanyPossibilityInternetTaxesEnglandJapanShould ITaxationBrazil Author:Milton Friedman
“I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.” PeopleNeedsGivingShouldRealReasonPlayUseShowsSuccessReadingBusinessTechnologyReaderInternetHappeningsVideoHanging OutWeekendBeing RealBlogsHeadlinesClicksSensational Author:Fred Wilson
“The Internet is manic. It's very strange. I don't think it's healthy. They should outlaw posting comments! It's a bummer to go somewhere to get information or buy tickets and you encounter profanity everywhere you go.” ThinkingShouldInformationStrangeInternetHealthyEncountersCommentTicketsOutlawManicProfanityBummer Author:Sufjan Stevens
“There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?” ShouldRealHomeGovernmentUsedCrimeCommunicationInternetActivityConcernPhonesCommitGrantsCapabilityDisguiseUnlimitedEncryptionOrwellian Author:John Ashcroft
“It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet.” ShouldInternetWestDriversLicenseInstagramWild WestWild Wild West Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“Universal WiFi. Without a doubt. I am done with being on the train, not having internet. Or having spotty coverage. It's a fundamental need at this point. It's the frickin' information age! It should be like air! And it doesn't have to be free. I'm a believer in paying for value. Just having it as an option.” NeedsShouldDoneAgeValuesDoubtAirInformationInternetUniversalFundamentalsTrainBelieverCoverageInformation Age Author:Maria Popova
“I always compare reading anything on the Internet to listening at doors. If you don't want to hear anything bad about yourself, you should never do it.” IfsWantShouldReadingDoorsListeningInternetCompareAbout Yourself Author:Mark Gatiss
“The Internet is a very powerful tool, but right now it's being handled by a lot of fools. And I think us together, Marilyn Manson as a whole, what we all stand for, should be the biggest spider on the web. I think that it will become our web. Not something that uses us, but something that we will control” ThinkingShouldWholeUseTogetherPowerfulFoolInternetRight NowToolsSpidersVery PowerfulManson Author:Marilyn Manson
“There is no such thing as unlawful censorship in the home. Movies, magazines, television, videos, the Internet, and other media are there as guests and should only be welcomed when they are appropriate for family enjoyment.” ShouldHomeMediaTelevisionInternetVideoMagazinesEnjoymentAppropriateGuestsCensorshipUnlawful Author:M. Russell Ballard
“The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveGovernmentWorstInternetThreatChampionTransparentWise People Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“There's a current notion that you should "take charge of your disease." No thanks. I'm busy. I've got cancer. I'm willing to face having cancer. I'm not willing to face having cancer with homework. I promised Dr. Pipas and Dr. Zaki that I wouldn't show up with sheaves of printouts from the Internet containing everything on Wikipedia on malignancies. They each laughed with detectable notes of relief. Although I suspect my wife has made her way into the health blog ether. Fish oil pills, raw kelp, and other untoward substances started showing up on dinner plates after I was diagnosed.” WayShouldMadeShowsFacesWifeWillingInternetDiseaseNotesNotionBusyCancerFishesCurrentsDinnerMy WifeOilThanksSubstanceReliefSuspectsLaughedPlatesDrsPillsBlogsHomeworkShowing UpContainingWikipediaMalignancyDinner Plates Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I've figured out that I don't want to spend all of my spare time trying to make money. But, with things like fame or internet presence - things you cannot cash in at the bank - there is still a sense that more is better and that your career should be following a certain trajectory.” WantShouldTryingStillsCertainCareersInternetFameFollowingMaking MoneyCashSparesTrajectorySpare TimeMore Is Better Author:Erika M. Anderson
“Writing a novel- actually picking the words and filling in paragraphs- is a tremendous pain in the ass. Now that TV's so good and the Internet is an endless forest of distraction, it's damn near impossible. That should be taken into account when ranking the all-time greats. Somebody like Charles Dickens, for example, who had nothing better to do except eat mutton and attend public hangings, should get very little credit.” ShouldWritingLittlesPainNovelTakenImpossibleExampleTvsInternetAccountsCreditEndlessForestsAssAll TimeDamnDistractionFillingParagraphDickensRankingFilling InMutton Author:Steve Hely
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.” ShouldLooksSaidInternetDaughterI've LearnedMy Daughter Author:Maggie Gyllenhaal
“There's no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn't be - bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.” WayShouldLittlesRealBecomingInternetBandThese DaysDownloads Author:Alan Palomo
“It [the internet] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it's mainly a system of corporate control. We ought to have a free internet, but that means having a free society, and there is fundamental questions there.” ShouldMeanOughtInternetFundamentalsCorporateControlledFree Society Author:Noam Chomsky
“I don't know what it means to say that 'the internet should have a voice in Washington'.” KnowsShouldMeanVoiceInternetShould Have Author:Noam Chomsky
“Net neutrality is the principle that the service providers who control or access, who own the pipes, should not favor some content over another. It's, you know, an even playing field for stuff on the Internet, and, you know, I think it's very important to the medium that it have a rough quality among contents. Everyone has their shot.” ThinkingKnowsShouldImportantStuffQualityPrinciplesFieldsInternetShotsAccessFavorsMediumsRoughPipeNeutralityPlaying FieldsProvidersService ProvidersNet Neutrality Author:Tim Wu
“In the past, Being able to follow what you're naturally "should" be good at was limited to a very few people in a country like the United States, It was white men who basically had the privileges - or, you name whatever country it is, there's some group of elites who, through various processes of democratization and things like the internet and the information that's available. It's exploding!” PeopleMenShouldCountryStatesAblePastNamesProcessWhiteUnitedUnited StatesGroupsInformationInternetPrivilegeVariousAvailableBe GoodElitesWhite ManExplodingDemocratization Author:Robert Greene
“I think the one advantage to a failed - recovering, but a pretty broken - economy, and a lot of broken promises, is that we've pulled the veils from our eyes way earlier than most people do, and realize "Hey, you know what, maybe I should try do this thing that I really care about, and why not spend the time now during my best years to get into knitting, or coding, or swamp boat sailing." And there's this resource called the Internet that's going to provide you with a stage and a library for all of those things.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayShouldTryingYearsEyeCareRealizingEconomyStageBrokenInternetPromiseResourcesAdvantageLibraryBoatHeyWhy NotSailingVeilsRecoveringSwampsKnittingBroken PromisesBest YearHey You Author:Alexis Ohanian
“I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for it - is to focus on technical reform, because I speak the language of technology. I spoke with Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the World Wide Web. We agree on the necessity for this generation to create what he calls the Magna Carta for the Internet. We want to say what "digital rights" should be. What values should we be protecting, and how do we assert them.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantShouldGuyValuesSpeakLanguageTechnologyFocusRightsGenerationsInternetPoliticianAgreeWideReformDigitalSpokesThis GenerationWorld Wide WebMagna Carta Author:Edward Snowden
“The exciting thing about today with the Internet, streaming, and YouTube, is you can just go do it. You can go make a short and put it up, and it, very well, may be seen. You can create your own Internet series and just put it out there. It wasn't like that when I was in my 20s. People weren't doing this sort of thing - now they can and they should try it.” PeopleShouldTryingWellsMayTodayInternetExcitingSeriesYoutubeStreamingExciting Things Author:Danny Strong
“[Simon Segars ] came by a few times.I told him, "If you understand the future of the internet of things that much, then you should add more engineers and go on the offensive." Simon had explained to analysts and others that he intended to do that sort of forward-looking investment, but he said it's tough for a listed company considering its share price falls if profits drop.” IfsShouldSaidFallCompanyShareGoes OnInternetToughAddInvestmentProfitEngineersConsideringOffensiveAnalystsShare Price Author:Masayoshi Son
“Since our online libraries are so extensive, we think we can make all the right decisions about our personal health and well-being by pushing buttons. It's not intuitive anymore. That's the internet. Before the net, we would have gone to the community or our families to see what we should do. We often feel more isolated on our own little islands because of it.” ThinkingFeelsShouldWellsLittlesCommunityDecisionGoneInternetLibraryWell BeingOur FamilyIslandsOnlinePushingIsolatedButtonsIntuitiveRight DecisionPersonal Health Author:Nelly Furtado
“I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes" are what we should be aspiring to, but the Internet means something different to me because I've always been primarily interested in publishing physical books.” ThinkingGivingShouldMeanBookDifferentYoungArtistToo MuchInternetNotesLikesCompareNot SurePublishingYoung Artists Author:Liz Prince
“I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.” ShouldLooksUseAbleChoicesCompanyInternetPicksIndependentDevicesApplication Author:Tim Berners-Lee