--- title: "3 Cloud Quotes By Kevin Kelly" description: "3 Cloud quotes by Kevin Kelly. Plus more from Kevin Kelly and more Cloud sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-clo_1149611.png" --- > [“The web is hyperlinked documents; the cloud is hyperlinked data.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-cloud-is-hyperlinked-data/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-clo_1149611.png) > [“The union of a zillion streams of information intermingling, flowing into each other, is what we call the cloud. Software flows from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/the-union-of-a-zillion-streams-of-information-intermingling-flowing/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-union-of-a-zillion-streams-of-inform_1342834.png) > [“We are still at the early stages in how and what we filter. These powerful computational technologies can be—and will be—applied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/we-are-still-at-the-early-stages-in-how-and-what-we-filter-these/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_we-are-still-at-the-early-stages-in-how_2535833.jpg) ## Other authors on Cloud - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-satya-nadella-83432.jpg) Satya Nadella 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/satya-nadella/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-ford-13782.jpg) Aneel Bhusri 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/aneel-bhusri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-andy-jassy-5580.jpg) Andy Jassy 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/andy-jassy/) - [Pierre Nanterme 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/pierre-nanterme/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-larry-ellison-58619.jpg) Larry Ellison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/larry-ellison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-diane-greene-29265.jpg) Diane Greene 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/diane-greene/) ## More by Kevin Kelly > [We are reaching deep within ourselves to adjust the master knob.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/we-are-reaching-deep-within-ourselves-to-adjust-the-master-knob/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [This is the culmination of a lot of people's vision. I think this is just another step towards making Central Michigan football among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/this-is-the-culmination-of-a-lot-of-people-s-vision-i-think-this-is/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“When copies are free, you need to sell things that cannot be copied. Well, what can’t be copied? Trust, for instance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/when-copies-are-free-you-need-to-sell-things-that-cannot-be-copied/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“Existence, it seems, is chiefly maintenance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/existence-it-seems-is-chiefly-maintenance/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“We have no certainty we’ll contact extraterrestrial beings from one of the billion earthlike planets in the sky in the next 200 years, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/we-have-no-certainty-we-ll-contact-extraterrestrial-beings-from-one/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/changing-things-from-the-top-down-works-when-things-are-stable/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/it-s-generally-much-easier-to-kill-an-organization-than-to-change-it/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [The only organization capable of unprejudiced growth, or unguided learning, is a network. All othertopologies limit what can happen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/the-only-organization-capable-of-unprejudiced-growth-or-unguided/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [We have to get better at believing the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/we-have-to-get-better-at-believing-the-impossible/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“Our most important mechanical inventions are not machines that do what humans do better, but machines that can do things we can’t do at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/our-most-important-mechanical-inventions-are-not-machines-that-do/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“In the universal library, no book will be an island. It’s all connected.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/in-the-universal-library-no-book-will-be-an-island-it-s-all-connected/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/singularity-is-the-point-at-which-all-the-change-in-the-last-million/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/we-tend-to-think-of-the-mind-of-an-organization-residing-in-the-ceo/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/the-smallest-thought-could-not-exist-unless-the-entire-universe-and/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) > [“From the days of Sumerian clay tablets until now, humans have “published” at least 310 million books, 1.4 billion articles and essays, 180 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/from-the-days-of-sumerian-clay-tablets-until-now-humans-have/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/kevin-kelly/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cloud Quotes By Kevin Kelly", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The web is hyperlinked documents; the cloud is hyperlinked data.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Kelly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-cloud-is-hyperlinked-data/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-clo_1149611.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-clo_1149611.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kevin-kelly-2418_cloud_the-web-is-hyperlinked-documents-the-clo_1149611.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The web is hyperlinked documents; the cloud is hyperlinked data.” — Kevin Kelly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The union of a zillion streams of information intermingling, flowing into each other, is what we call the cloud. 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