Internet Quotes

For years there has been a theory that millions of monkeys typing at random on millions of typewriters would reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. The Internet has proven this theory to be untrue.

Unknown

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

Mitchell Kapor

I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.

Bill Gates, 1994

The Internet? We are not interested in it.

Bill Gates, 1993

The Internet is a giant international network of intelligent, informed computer enthusiasts, by which I mean, 'people without lives.'

Dave Barry

Entire new continents can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary to what you may have heard, the Internet does not operate at the speed of light; it operates at the speed of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Dave Barry

The big dispute between the government and Microsoft concerns the Internet 'browser,' which 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. As you can imagine, the potential market for this service is huge, so Microsoft would like you to use its browser, and not somebody else's.

Dave Barry

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

I calculated the total time that humans have waited for web pages to load. It cancels out all the productivity gains of the information age. Sometimes I think the web is a big plot to keep people like me away from normal society.

Scott Adams

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 Jillett


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