Internet Quote by John Collison Download Open image “There's no such thing as the 'Irish Internet.' It's just the Internet.” — John Collison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Internet Irish Just Thing
I grew up in very rural Ireland. The Internet was kind of a connection to the greater world. It had a lot of significance. — Patrick Collison Copy Share Image
It was very clear, if you grew up in the middle of Ireland, just how potent a force the Internet was and could be.… — Patrick Collison Copy Share Image
It is a time when Irish women can link - as they are linking - through networks. They can do this through having an… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
When the Internet arrived in Ireland... it was like having Amsterdam's Red Light District in your own living room. — Tom Dunne Copy Share Image
I'm such a bookworm, and I'm such a people-watcher. It took the Internet a while to catch on in Ireland, because the culture there… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
One of the problems the internet has introduced is that in this electronic village, all the village idiots have internet access. — Peter Nelson Copy Share Image
I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra' like the… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
There is something restless and curious about the Irish. Like everybody else, we want to make money and make our way in the world… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
For Stripe, being inventive is just about applying the right solutions from other areas. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take… — John Collison Copy Share Image
I think there is this very nice, if at times dangerous, untethered optimism that exists in Silicon Valley. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies. — John Collison Copy Share Image
It's easy to talk to people over the Web, but it's not very easy to trigger transactions. That's the thing we set out to… — John Collison Copy Share Image
As long as the Internet economy continues to grow, Stripe will continue to grow. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online. — John Collison Copy Share Image
No batch of 10 people will have as much an influence on the company as those first 10 people. — John Collison Copy Share Image
With PayPal, you have to send people over to their website... whereas with Stripe, we offer a way to integrate payments into the website,… — John Collison Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I enjoy upsetting the right people. I love poking fun at earnest censors. I want to push the bounds of what can be said… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Though 'Fat City' was written long before cellphones or the Internet, its human apparatus is state of the art. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
Note to self: If you do not know how to spell a big scary spiders name, DO NOT look it up on the internet.… — Becky Eisele Copy Share Image
I remembered reading about a disease called Leishmaniasis, which matched my symptoms. I'd always thought it was an old wives' tale - a sand… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I don't have faith in the Internet, I have faith in people connected through the Internet. — Jim Gilliam Copy Share Image
The internet is very democratizing in some ways, but it also has other effects. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers the chance… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
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