Tim Berners-Lee quotes

Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. His work transformed the way people access and share information globally. He continues to advocate for an open and accessible internet for all. Here are 101 of his quotes:

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. (Tim Berners-Lee)
Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network. View quote
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The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. View quote
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What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web ... Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring. View quote
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The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. View quote
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Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind. View quote
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Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy. View quote
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It is the the duty of a Webmaster to allocate URIs which you will be able to stand by in 2 years, in 20 years, in 200 years. View quote
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Cool URIs don't change. View quote
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The trick... is to make sure that each limited mechanical part of the Web, each application, is within itself composed of simple parts that will never get too powerful. View quote
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I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings - and the Web's a form of communications - so it generally should be good. (Tim Berners-Lee)
This snoopers charter has no place in a modern democracy - it undermines our fundamental rights online. The bulk collection of everyone's internet browsing data is disproportionate, creates a security nightmare for the ISPs who must store the data - and rides roughshod over our right to privacy. Meanwhile, the bulk hacking powers in the Bill risk making the internet less safe for everyone. View quote
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The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing. View quote
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Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. View quote
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Web 1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along. View quote
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I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the TCP and DNS ideas and - ta-da!- the World Wide Web. View quote
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This project is experimental and of course comes without any warranty whatsoever. However, it could start a revolution in information access. View quote
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Aaron is dead. Wanderers in this crazy world, we have lost a mentor, a wise elder. Hackers for right, we are one down, we have lost one of our own. Nurtures, careers, listeners, feeders, parents all, we have lost a child. Let us all weep. View quote
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The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world. View quote
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You affect the world by what you browse. View quote
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Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable. (Tim Berners-Lee)
The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. View quote
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The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large. View quote
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When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last. View quote
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I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other. View quote
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Tim Berners-Lee

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Occupation: English Inventor
Born: June 8, 1955
Quotes count: 101
Wikipedia: Tim Berners-Lee

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