"Think of it: the lowest common denominator in being digital is not your operating system, modem, or model of computer…"

"Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource."

"You can see the future best through peripheral vision."

"Think about it. Turning pages. How ridiculous that is. It's just unbelievably dumb. … [Apple's] building peripherals …"

"MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom."

"The Internet for us was like air. It was there all the time — you wouldn't notice it existed unless it was missing."

"I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have to…"

"I think the Net is scaling very well. Because of the way it was designed, I don't think it will come to its knees and…"

"Cyberlaw is global law."

"Unlike television — at least as it currently exists — the Internet is a medium of choice."