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Internet Quotes


"The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language."


"I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well."


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


"All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and a variety of other things, probably the Internet as well."


"No matter how much Bill Gates may claim otherwise, he missed the Internet, like a barreling freight train that he didn't hear or see coming."


"In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate."


"The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game."


"Who needs fan mail when you have the Internet?"


"Unlike the phone system, which is engineered around an application, the Internet layered model allows you to, in essence, separate applications from infrastructure."


"Well, there's that girl on the Internet - although this isn't an example of someone who doesn't know they're on - but there's a girl on the Internet who posts one photograph every two minutes from her bedroom."


"The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it."


"One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate."


"There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet."


"There's something on the Internet called the White Resistance Manual. It's pretty much for white supremacists."


"Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage."


"The Internet has become important on the world's stage."


"The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1."


"Kids don't go out and buy CDs, they make their own, they download them from the Internet."


"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."


"The internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996."


"I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism."


"I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation."


"You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet."


"Once the smoke of the market crash clears off, you know, the Internet will pick back up and go. Take a look at what's happening to some of the big companies like eBay and Yahoo, the publicly traded stocks. You know, they're all coming back up off the mat now."


"When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace."


"If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check."


"It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming."


"I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com."


"The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall-it's the same way with the Internet. It has this potential. It's not really doing it yet, but it's about to."


"I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get."


"I don't even own my own name on the internet - somebody else bought it."


"I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face."
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