Quote

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.

Vinton Cerf

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Vinton Cerf
Career
Careers
Hesitant
Making
Extremely
Several
Majors
Major
Although
Changes

More quotes by Vinton Cerf

Image
I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time.
Vinton Cerf
Image
In a small company, you often see a lot more of what goes on in a broader range of things. And that's good.
Vinton Cerf
Image
Information flow is what the Internet is about. Information sharing is power. If you don't share your ideas, smart people can't do anything about them, and you'll remain anonymous and powerless.
Vinton Cerf
Image
The computer would do anything you programmed it to do.
Vinton Cerf
Image
There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.
Vinton Cerf
Image
I believe that the problem of global climate change will ultimately spur our global society to respond and while the condition does not appear to be reversible, we will find ways to adapt to it.
Vinton Cerf
Image
The remarkable social impact and economic success of the Internet is in many ways directly attributable to the architectural characteristics that were part of its design. The Internet was designed with no gatekeepers over new content or services.
Vinton Cerf
Image
There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China.
Vinton Cerf
Image
Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.
Vinton Cerf
Image
I think imaginative exercises can have a profound impact on the future - what you can imagine can sometimes turn into something you can figure out how to build.
Vinton Cerf
Image
I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.
Vinton Cerf
Image
I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication.
Vinton Cerf
Image
So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort.
Vinton Cerf
Image
We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.
Vinton Cerf
Image
Engineers are really good at labeling and branding things. If we had named Kentucky Fried Chicken, it would have been Hot Dead Birds.
Vinton Cerf
Image
I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.
Vinton Cerf
Image
The closer you look at something, the more complex it seems to be.
Vinton Cerf
Image
Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.
Vinton Cerf
Image
In a town of 3,000 people there is no privacy. Everybody knows what everybody is doing.
Vinton Cerf
Image
But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves.
Vinton Cerf