Global Connectivity Quotes

When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance.

Today, no country can ever truly cut itself off from the global media or from external sources of information. Trends that start in one corner of the world are rapidly replicated thousands of miles away.

Music transcends language. BTS communicates with our fans by staying true to ourselves and believing in music every day.

Four years ago nobody but nuclear physicists had ever heard of the Internet. Today even my cat, Socks, has his own web page. I'm amazed at that. I meet kids all the time, who have been talking to my cat on the Internet.

Our diaspora provides a platform for a stronger relationship between India and ASEAN countries.

The Internet lives where anyone can access it.

The Internet is a clear example of how our lives have changed in ways we couldn't have imagined: a distributed information source, which is invisible to everyone, where you can access anything, and it's distributed throughout the whole world. Basically, communication is instantaneous.

When you have a few billion people connected with screens, not voice... screens are important. You can transmit a thousand times more information.

If we really just wanted to focus on making money, the first billion people who are already on Facebook have way more money than the next five or six billion people combined. It's not fair, but it's the way that it is. And, we just believe that everyone deserves to be connected, and on the Internet, so we're putting a lot of energy towards this.

I think the whole world has been able to utilize the Internet. I feel like you don't have to be from a certain soil.

There's no locality on the web - every market is a global market.

When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world.

There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.

What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.

In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.

Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly Quick in the twinkling of an eye. The world upside down shall be And gold be found at the root of a tree. Through hills man shall ride, And no horse be at his side. Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall even talk. In the air men shall be seen, In white, in black, and even green; Iron in the water shall float, As easily as a wooden boat.

After Secretary Clinton announced in January 2010 that Internet freedom would be a major pillar of U.S. foreign policy, the State Department decided to take what Clinton calls a 'venture capital' approach to the funding of tools, research, public information projects, and training.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.

As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the prior generations.

The Internet offers untold potential for humanity. To make the most of it, we need to think of the Internet as 'ours.'

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

In the Space Age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours—one hour for flying, and one hour to get to the airport.