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title: "10 Internet Came Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devendra-banhart/when-the-internet-came-along-the-first-thing-i-did-was-look-up-wu/)

[Devendra Banhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devendra-banhart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/devendra-banhart-3176_could_when-the-internet-came-along-the-first-t_194409.png)

> [When the internet came up, scores of companies were created. But many of them collapsed during the dot.com bubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashok-soota/when-the-internet-came-up-scores-of-companies-were-created-but-many/)

[Ashok Soota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashok-soota/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/ashok-soota-26352_bubble_when-the-internet-came-up-scores-of-comp_977328.jpg)

> [When the internet came along, everybody said it would mean the death of television, newspapers. There is a dip, and it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-rodale/when-the-internet-came-along-everybody-said-it-would-mean-the-death/)

[Maria Rodale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-rodale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/maria-rodale-26498_death_when-the-internet-came-along-everybody-s_2303941.png)

> [Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/sometimes-we-do-get-taken-by-surprise-for-example-when-the-internet/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/bill-gates-137_example_sometimes-we-do-get-taken-by-surprise-fo_136569.jpg)

> [I sometimes wonder how we spent leisure time before satellite television and Internet came along…and then I realise that I have spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/i-sometimes-wonder-how-we-spent-leisure-time-before-satellite/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/arthur-c-clarke-640_age_i-sometimes-wonder-how-we-spent-leisure_1241263.jpg)

> [We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/we-didn-t-know-the-importance-of-home-computers-before-the-internet/)

[Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/burt-rutan-12448_along_we-didn-t-know-the-importance-of-home-co_406313.jpg)

> [When the Internet first came, I thought it was just the beacon of freedom. People could communicate with anyone, anywhere, and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-wozniak/when-the-internet-first-came-i-thought-it-was-just-the-beacon-of/)

[Steve Wozniak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-wozniak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/steve-wozniak-2527_anyone_when-the-internet-first-came-i-thought-i_1368491.png)

> [When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-strauss/when-the-internet-first-came-into-public-use-it-was-hailed-as-a/)

[Neil Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-strauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/neil-strauss-3035_advertising_when-the-internet-first-came-into-public_1987994.png)

> [“We didn't need a place to hide until the Internet came. And when it came, it gave us the badlands. It enabled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-hern-ndez/we-didn-t-need-a-place-to-hide-until-the-internet-came-and-when-it/)

[Max Hernández](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-hern-ndez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/max-hern-ndez-261561_internet_we-didn-t-need-a-place-to-hide-until-the_861786.jpg)

> [When the Internet came along, at first it was just a medium for moving text around - books first, then pictures, finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/when-the-internet-came-along-at-first-it-was-just-a-medium-for-moving/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/david-gerrold-9333_adapt_when-the-internet-came-along-at-first-it_3224513.jpg)

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