The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.

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.

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.

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

I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.

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.

We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.