Vint Cerf Quotes
By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.
Quotes to Explore
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.
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Now everyone's main objective of taking photographs is to have a photograph for Twitter or Facebook. I find that troubling. If you have an opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama, don't work out your camera or iPhone issues. Sit and a listen to what the man is saying, because nine times out of 10, you're not going to look at that photo. You're not going to look at the video. As a photographer, I don't carry a camera. I have my iPhone, but I don't carry a camera. I want to live.
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Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wings and I offer him whatever he wants.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.
