“I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.” PeopleThinkingWayPersonsBookUseWould BeHateTurnsReadingLostVoiceInternetI HateShyCompellingSite Author:Marisha Pessl
“I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see more things.” ThinkingAbleMediaTvsBecomingInternetAcceptable Author:Brie Larson
“The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up. I think it's a great opportunity for artists to get through the network roadblock. It just allows us another venue to be creative in.” ThinkingHas BeensShowsArtistOpportunityCreativeInternetStorytellingOnlineBe CreativeOutletsGreat OpportunityVenuesRoadblock Author:Eva LaRue
“I didn't even get a computer till I was 16, so I didn't have Internet when I was in middle school and beginning of high school. I didn't think to be looking things up and looking at message boards saying whether people liked me or not.” PeopleThinkingSchoolMiddleInternetComputerMessagesHigh SchoolBoardsMiddle School Author:Sara Paxton
“I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.” ThinkingStillsImportantLiteratureDifferencesInternetLonelyFunctionDisappearWebsiteSlateSalons Author:David Talbot
“I think the world's a little smaller these days. With the Internet and the availability of people, the pool of English speaking actors - not just American actors, but Brits, Australians, New Zealanders, Irish. We're all up for grabs.” PeopleThinkingWorldLittlesActorsInternetThese DaysPoolAvailabilityBritsEnglish Speaking Author:Sonya Walger
“I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.” ThinkingWayInternetPaceRapidsYoutubeNeutralityNet Neutrality Author:Al Franken
“I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the US.” PeopleThinkingYearsStillsCountryAbilityWatchesTelevisionTvsInternetWideInchesForeign CountriesCsi Author:Leslie Moonves
“I think most things I read on the Internet and in newspapers are propaganda. Everyone from the 'New York Times' to Rupert Murdoch has a point of view and is putting forth their own propaganda. They're stuck with the facts as they are, but the way they interpret and frame them is wildly different.” ThinkingWayDifferentFactsViewsNew YorkInternetPoint Of ViewStuckNewspapersPropagandaNew York Times Author:Frank Miller
“We have to come together, worldwide, and "think". We have a tool - the internet - to let us do that. Let's use it wisely.” ThinkingUseTogetherInternetTools Author:Jimmy Wales
“One of the amazing things about the Internet is that the content creators are the gatekeepers. We can think of an idea and execute it quickly, and we didn't have to pitch the idea to a major network or convince a studio head to sign-off on the concept.” ThinkingIdeasInternetMajorsConceptsCreatorStudiosConvinceAmazing ThingsGatekeepersSigning Off Author:Ray William Johnson
“The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.” ThinkingWayImportantBigsGovernmentDifficultIssuesInternetTaxesTaxationThink Big Author:Milton Friedman
“We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.” IfsThinkingResponsibilityInternetCitizensDigitalUsersPassiveTaking Responsibility Author:Rebecca MacKinnon
“The good news is you can get a lot of information off the Internet for free and in a hurry. But I think the breaking up of the media, which is otherwise kind of healthy, has contributed to less actual reporting and a louder, more contentious, more divisive public discourse, highlighting conflict, sometimes falsely.” ThinkingKindSometimesMediaInformationInternetHealthyConflictNewsDiscourseGood NewsPublic DiscourseContentiousHighlighting Author:William J. Clinton
“I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.” ThinkingWorldPoliticalInternetAccessChineseEngagementCensorshipContributingPreventingOutside WorldPolitical Engagement Author:Bill Gates
“What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind of political jihad against Dan Rather and CBS News that's quite outrageous.” ThinkingKindPoliticalInternetNewsOutrageousInappropriateJihad Author:Tom Brokaw
“When the next generation of content is developed, we have to think in a totally different way. Think about it more symbolically. The main story that you see on the TV screen is maybe like the living room of a house. But there are various other rooms in this house that you will otherwise never see. But if you use the Internet, you find out what's in the attic. And if you use the cell phone, you find out what's on the first floor. And on another medium, you find out what's in the cellar.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentStoriesUseNextHouseRoomsGenerationsTvsInternetPhonesVariousScreensMediumsCellsDifferent WaysNext GenerationCell PhoneLiving RoomCellarsAttics Author:Cyriac Roeding
“I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.” ThinkingI CanMotherSpaceInternetCriticizeCriticizing Others Author:Jennifer Garner
“There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.” ThinkingKnowsYearsChildrenPassionHoursFrontsTvsInternetSittingPursueMy ChildrenSurfingSuspiciousSurfing The Internet Author:Amy Chua
“With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.” ThinkingImportantTodayCultureSocialMediaHugeInternetSmartSocial MediaStayingOnline Author:G. Hannelius
“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” PeopleThinkingGamesBitsWatchesCuttingTvsAmountInternetStartingVideoPassiveUnbelievableWatching TvPlaying Video Games Author:Bill Gates
“The internet helps with information exchange in general so it's obviously easier to check out tracks and whatnot from different genres. I think people are a lot more open to music in general because it's being communicated easier.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHelpingInformationInternetEasierTrackChecksGenreDifferent Genres Author:Girl Talk
“The simple-minded always look for something - if it's not pornography, it's DVDs or the Internet or video games - but I don't think there's anything inherently evil about Facebook.” IfsThinkingLooksEvilGamesSimpleInternetVideoPornographyDvds Author:David Fincher
“Music belongs to everybody. Having a little clique of the industry tell us what our culture is... I don't think that's healthy. And the Internet is helping us get away from that.” ThinkingLittlesHelpingCultureIndustryInternetHealthyMusic IsGet AwayClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Today's a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we're the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don't have to listen to anyone.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsI CanHomeTodayTogetherCreativityCreativeCuttingGenerationsTypeInternetAspectBlowOnlineGreat TimesGet TogetherThis GenerationLaptops Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Net neutrality would require that every search engine produce an equal number of results that satisfy every disagreement about the issue... Just think of it as Fairness Doctrine for the Internet. I'm not making this up.” ThinkingResultsNumbersIssuesProduceInternetEqualDoctrineEnginesFairnessDisagreementNeutralitySearch EngineNet Neutrality Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I spend way too much time on Facebook and MySpace to feel too uncomfortable at this. I like to think of the Internet as an effective way to waste time and time.” ThinkingWayFeelsToo MuchInternetWasteUncomfortableWasting Time Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I have a lot more real friends, than friends that I'm talking to on the Internet. That's not cool, not safe, not fun and most likely not real. Everything is just better when you're not so wrapped up in that. I just think it's lame.” ThinkingRealFunTalkingInternetSafeReal FriendsLame Author:Miley Cyrus
“I think the large part of the function of the Internet is it is archival. It's unreliable to the extent that word on the street is unreliable. It's no more unreliable than that. You can find the truth on the street if you work at it. I don't think of the Internet or the virtual as being inherently inferior to the so-called real.” IfsThinkingRealStreetsInternetFunctionInferiorsUnreliable Author:William Gibson
“I think future generations will see the invention of the Internet as having been as important as the invention of the printing press. It’s the democratizing tool of all tools. As long as no one can control the flow of information, then freedom always has a chance.” ThinkingLongImportantChanceGenerationsInformationInternetFlowToolsPressesInventionFuture GenerationPrintingPrinting Press Author:Marianne Williamson
“I do think that the role of the Internet, and the way it's bringing everything into the home, has made a parent's job much more difficult. And it's harder to know what to do and how to do it. It's much, much harder.” ThinkingKnowsWayMadeHomeJobsParentDifficultRolesInternetHarder Author:William J. Clinton
“I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. But at the end, that article wasn't very complimentary, because the author suggested that I wasn't doing a very good job, and that I ought to be replaced by a "professional." Of course, there isn't any "God of the Internet." The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.” PeopleThinkingEndsTogetherJobsCoursesOughtInternetVery GoodArticlesClosestReplacedGood Job Author:Jon Postel
“I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels.” ThinkingWritingJobsNovelInternetToolsMarketingGreat Marketing Author:Bentley Little
“I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed from traditional First Amendment jurisprudence, and that made sense before the Internet. Now there is an unavoidable link between First Amendment interests and the scope of copyright law. The legal system is recognizing for the first time the extraordinary expanse of copyright regulation and its regulation of ordinary free-speech activities.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesLongMadeRealityLawInterestInternetActivitySpeechLong TimeOrdinaryFirst TimeExtraordinaryTinyTraditionalLinksAmendmentsRegulationFree SpeechRecognizingScopeFirst AmendmentCopyrightLegal SystemExpanseJurisprudenceCopyright Law Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don't think so.” ThinkingInternetChina Author:Richard Branson
“People always think I get really good reviews, but I don't. That's why I don't go on the Internet much - because you can go down a dark hole looking at stuff. Once, I clicked on my name and freaked out. It's too bizarre, it's too weird, it's too unsettling.” PeopleThinkingNamesStuffDarkGoes OnInternetHolesReviewsBizarreGet Real Author:Tim Burton
“When I see people talking on the internet about me or my work it's almost always more a description of themselves and so I never really think of myself as anything more than just who I always was.” PeopleThinkingTalkingInternetDescriptionWorking ItPeople Talking Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Think about the way you go surfing on the Internet - you go from one thing to another. You can't really concentrate. I can't sit and read 10 pages on my computer. You'll read and then all of a sudden part of your brain is like, "What about that? ...You're not reading the whole book. You're reading fragments. Even though I think it's bad, I think it's interesting too, because that's the way my brain works.” ThinkingWayI CanBookWholeReadingInterestingBrainOne ThingInternetComputerPagesFragmentsSurfing Author:Ali Banisadr
“It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to. I think in the old days with the studio system the performer was a bit of an afterthought. You can be a wildcard on the internet. But if you put something on the internet once it's out there it's out there for life.” IfsThinkingWantBitsInternetStudiosWhat You WantComedianPerformersOld DaysGreat TimesAfterthoughtWildcard Author:Bill Burr
“[The Internet] ... is an amazing communications tool that's bringing the whole world together. I mean, you sit down to sign on to America Online in your hometown, and it's just staggering to think that at the same moment, halfway around the world, in China, someone you've never met is sitting at their computer, hearing the exact same busy signal that you're hearing.” ThinkingWorldMeanWholeMomentsTogetherAmericaCommunicationInternetMetsComputerSittingToolsBusyChinaHearingWhole WorldAround The WorldOnlineSignalsHalfwayHometownStaggering Book:Ranting Again Source: Ranting Again
“I think that the Internet is really cool because a lot of young feminists don't feel like they have to reinvent the wheel.” ThinkingFeelsYoungInternetFeministWheelsReally Cool Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.” ThinkingWayBelieveStillsFilmTurnsTvsIndustryInternetPhonesCinemaFilm IndustryI Still Believe Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I think it's sad that we live in a world where men can steal and distribute and publish photos of women without their permission all over the Internet and even in print and make a lot of money doing so, but half naked photos that I took of myself are deemed "obscene."” ThinkingMenWorldHalfInternetStealingNakedPrintLots Of MoneyPermissionPublishObscene Author:Marie Calloway
“We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.” ThinkingLooksBeautifulSpaceColorJudgingInternetInvolvedSkinsBasesConversesSkin Color Author:Bell Hooks
“When I think about, say, 1995, or whever the last moment was before most of us were on the internet and had mobile phones, it seems like a hundred years ago. ... Time passed in fairly large units, or at least not in milliseconds and constant updates. A few hours wasn't such a long time to go between moments of contact with your work, your people or your trivia.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongMomentsSeemsLastsTimeHoursInternetLong TimeHundredYears AgoConstantPhonesContactUnitsMobileTime PassesMobile PhonesUpdatesTrivia Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I was a huge fan of video games; I wanted to write something, and I saw the tools at my fingertips to upload a video to my audience, and thats why Im here today. I think that freedom and the lack of gatekeepers, combined with peoples passion, is what really the true spirit of Internet geekdom is about.” ThinkingWritingTodayWantedSpiritPassionGamesAudienceSawsFansHugeInternetToolsVideoFingertipsGatekeepers Author:Felicia Day
“I think, if you're a candidate and you want to be totally safe, and assure that what you say is not going to be recorded or broadcast on the Internet, you have to have something like safe cone. Everything is so viral right now that you have to assume as a candidate that anything you say will be broadcast.” IfsThinkingWantInternetRight NowSafeAssumingCandidatesConesViral Author:Jay Carney
“The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes.” ThinkingMenNeedsUsedAnswersDangerInternetSingingEverydayUsed To BeEveryday LifeCornPaddling Author:Pete Seeger
“Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be great. Read. Write. Bust your ass. Learn and find your voice. As hard as you think it is, it's a hundred times harder.” ThinkingWritingHardVoiceReadyInternetRight NowHundredHarderAccessAssPrimeFloodMultitudesBlogsAspiring WritersPrime TimeInternet Access Author:Steven Pressfield
“I first started using the internet back when a 14.4 modem was considered fast. I think I was about 11 or 12, and it fascinated me that you could look at all these different things on your computer.” ThinkingFirstsLooksDifferentInternetComputerDifferent ThingsFascinatedBack When Author:Chris Kluwe