Quotes By Tim Berners Lee

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

The people who designed the tools that make the Net run had their own ideas for the future.

On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable.

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.

Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.

Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly.

I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect.

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device.

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice.

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.

I don't know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people's websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries.

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.

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.

You affect the world by what you browse.

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.

When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.