Jimmy Wales

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure…

— Jimmy Wales

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water,…

— Jimmy Wales

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

— Jimmy Wales

We've always had a love/hate relationship with numbers.

— Jimmy Wales

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.

— Jimmy Wales

We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that…

— Jimmy Wales

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City…

— Jimmy Wales

To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't…

— Jimmy Wales

Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when…

— Jimmy Wales

We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open…

— Jimmy Wales

I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured.

— Jimmy Wales

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate…

— Jimmy Wales

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too…

— Jimmy Wales

EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.

— Jimmy Wales

I don't really agree that most academics frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of…

— Jimmy Wales

I am really accessible.

— Jimmy Wales

Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn't really even need to…

— Jimmy Wales

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.…

— Jimmy Wales

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

— Jimmy Wales

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the…

— Jimmy Wales

People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.

— Jimmy Wales

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge…

— Jimmy Wales

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it…

— Jimmy Wales

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

— Jimmy Wales

Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very…

— Jimmy Wales