In 1973, the only cryptographic technology we could get our hands on was classified. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I wore a coat and tie all through high school: my way of being rebellious in the late 1950s. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
You don't have to be young to learn about technology. You have to feel young. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The first commercial routers came out about 1986, and services came in 1987. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
In 1970, there was a single telephone company in the United States called AT&T, and its technology was called circuit switching, and… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
We all know the Internet didn't explode until it became a commercial enterprise. Space communication will probably have the same characteristic. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
When I first joined Google in October of 2005, I was warned that I shouldn't be offended if people were doing their… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity. — Vint Cerf Anonymity Copy Share Image
For systems in which you already have a lot of hardware and software, change is difficult. That's why apps are so popular. — Vint Cerf Change Copy Share Image
Will we shoot virtually at each other over the Internet? Probably not. On the other hand, there may be wars fought about… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There's nothing special about wireless networks except that wireless capacity is sometimes less than what you can get, for example, from optical… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
One of my favorite books is 'The Swiss Family Robinson.' The reason is, I'm fascinated by the postapocalyptic recovery. What do we… — Vint Cerf Books Copy Share Image
Remember, 'governance' is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There is a project that's underway called the interplanetary Internet. It's in operation between Earth and Mars. It's operating on the International… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The internet has become one of the motors of the 21st century economy, allowing all of us to reach a global audience… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
While the United States has never decreed that everyone has a 'right' to a telephone, we have come close to this with… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
When I joined Google, they asked me what title I wanted. I said, 'What about archduke?' They said, 'Well, that didn't meet… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Henry Kissinger once told me he was very concerned about the Internet's impact on people's ability to absorb information in a concentrated… — Vint Cerf Ability Copy Share Image
85% of all video we watch is pre-recorded, so you can set your system to download it all the time. You're still… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I used to tell jokes about Internet-enabled lightbulbs. I can't tell jokes about it anymore - there already is an Internet-connected lightbulb. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The Internet browser is the most susceptible to viruses. The browser is naive about downloading and executing software. Google is trying to… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The bottom-up, loosely-coupled, bilateral and multi-stakeholder practices that have created the network of networks we call the Internet allow for a broad… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
What would happen if our clothes were Internet-enabled? Can you imagine if you lost a sock? You could send out a search,… — Vint Cerf Clothes Copy Share Image
The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use… — Vint Cerf Automobile Copy Share Image
The net's future is far from assured, and history offers much warning. Within a few decades of Gutenberg's creation, princes and priests… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
One thing that I can tell you that we have not done very well is to build in broadcast capability into the… — Vint Cerf Advantage Copy Share Image
Commercialization of assets off the planet would mutually reinforce the growth of interplanetary communication. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The Internet is brittle and fragile and too easy to take down. It's a conduit for criminal activity. We need international treaties… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The more we can organize, find and manage information, the more effectively we can function in our modern world. — Vint Cerf Data Copy Share Image
I think exploring the Internet's - and the Web's - ability to facilitate personal linkages is remarkable; and expect to see additional… — Vint Cerf Ability Copy Share Image
Given that my title at Google is Chief Internet Evangelist, I feel like there is this great challenge before me because we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
You should know that I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
At the roots, people are still people. That's why Shakespeare is so popular no matter what the language. — Vint Cerf Language Copy Share Image
It's important that the adults appreciate that young people are capable of doing really astounding work. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
