Shared Resource Quotes

One man will carry two buckets of water for his own use, Two men will carry one for their joint use; Three men will carry none for anybody's use.

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

Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

Even if a media of a TV is not available in a home, there's this concept of community homes, where a reasonably well-off villager will have a TV - and a nice TV - and he'll keep it outside the house in the evenings.

The sea is certainly common to all.

The earth is what we all have in common.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

In our world, it's a big deal when you have a favourite collaborator and share them.

Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from.

We are using the same water that the dinosaurs drank, and this same water has to make ice creams in Pasadena and the morning frost in Paris.

The English language is nobody's special property.

The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.

The earth shall be left to no one.

I grew up in Russia. We had a telephone line, but a load of our neighbours didn't. It became a shared resource for the whole apartment complex. People would come and knock on the door and ask to call their family in another city.

It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library.