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People Quotes by Jimmy Wales
- Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not for us. It's for them. It's for that girl in Africa who…
- Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives.
- When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating some noise and getting some…
- Wikipedia is the #5 site on the Web and serves 450 million different people every month - with billions of page views.
- Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is critical to me.
- There's plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others…
- Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.
- People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community.
- The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer'…
- The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.
- People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia.…
- People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.
- The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just…
- I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to…
- We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored…
- Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.
- I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the…
- What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge…
- A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.
- A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.
- I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.
- It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work.
- Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.
- People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle