"I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. But at the end, that article wasn't very complimentary, because the author suggested that I wasn't doing a very good job, and that I ought to be replaced by a "professional."Of course, there isn't any "God of the Internet." The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together."

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Source : "NetWorker" Magazine, Summer 1997.

Jon Postel

#Jobs Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I'm an atrocious business man, because it's just not the way I think about things. And that's pretty much what all that Grammy/MTV kind of stuff is tied into.”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.
“Investigative reporting is the bone structure without which the journalistic body collapses. The Center for Public Integrity's constant and consistently enterprising investigative work is an invaluable contribution not only to journalism, but to society and to a healthy democracy”
“Put a condom in their hand and hope it don't bust.”
“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.”
“The door banged open and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. "It's not what you think." She said. "It was just - oh OK, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now WHAT?”
“The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.”
“I found at a young age that emotions aren't always handled with talking and other emotions. I started ballet, seriously around fourteen, and let me tell you, nothing can give you an emotional reset like a good ballet barre.”
“It is necessary to me, not simply to be but to utter, and I require utterance of my friends.”

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