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I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.

Vinton Cerf

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I'm disappointed in people in general.
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I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.
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We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.
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I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.
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Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.
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My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.
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What's wonderful about Google is that as long as you bring ideas to the table, it doesn't matter what else is going on.
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There was something amazingly enticing about programming.
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In a town of 3,000 people there is no privacy. Everybody knows what everybody is doing.
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I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.
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We had no idea that this would turn into a global and public infrastructure.
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They say a year in the Internet business is like a dog year.. equivalent to seven years in a regular person's life. In other words, it's evolving fast and faster.
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