Industry Quotes by John Perry Barlow

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them…

— John Perry Barlow

“the first responsibility of a human being is to be a better ancestor.”

— John Perry Barlow

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony

— John Perry Barlow

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by…

— John Perry Barlow

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic…

— John Perry Barlow

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events…

— John Perry Barlow

I'm a member of that half of the human race which is inclined to divide the human race into two kinds of people. My…

— John Perry Barlow

I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.

— John Perry Barlow

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

— John Perry Barlow

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to…

— John Perry Barlow

Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity.

— John Perry Barlow

Art is a service, not a product. Created beauty is a relationship, and a relationship with the Holy at that. Reducing such work to…

— John Perry Barlow