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

[With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning.

I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5% because they've figured I'm looking at those books.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

The search button on the browser no longer provides an objective search, but a commercial one.

To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.

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.