Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.

Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue anytime soon.

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.

I have a cell phone that doesn't behave like a phone: It behaves like a computer that makes calls. Computers are becoming an integral part of daily life. And if people don't start designing them to be more user-friendly, then an even larger part of the population is going to be left out of even more stuff.

I use computers and the Internet every day of my life, and yet I have absolutely no idea how they work. I'm like a labrador watching 'The Matrix.'

If your kid doesn't have broadband access, that's a real disadvantage for participating in modern education.

I don't know that I've ever bought anything online. I'm about 10 years behind the technological curve, I think.

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

Our goal in life ought to be to extend this medium [the Internet] so that it is available to every man, woman and child in the country.

I believe that interconnectivity is a human right.

It's vital all we oldies learn as much as we can about the Internet so we are not left behind.

I'm not really part of the Internet world, my age a factor in that and a lack of interest in sharing with so many, so little, so much, so often.

I think the Internet is a key driver of opening up opportunities, which impacts many things, including development - I will repeat that I am not a fan of looking at technology or the Internet in Africa through the lens of development - we love the Internet for sake of the Internet.

As far as solving India's problems with technology is concerned, I think there are some wrong assumptions in making computing work at the grassroots. We need to go beyond the notion of technology being all about computers.

Most of our children have access to Internet-accessible technology, yet most of us are actually not paying much attention to what they're doing online.

It's very, very difficult because we're living in a world where they invent things in order to hide things from parents. There are these secret creator app guys who make things to intentionally do that, to keep your parents in the dark, and you've really got to work extra-hard to stay on top of it.

There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.

The biggest threat to the Internet is, frankly, always going to be complacency. I want to see more and more of us activated and people thinking of themselves as defenders of it.

At the very least, you must make the Internet free in areas that are poverty-stricken. Without the Internet and access to information, poverty-stricken households will never catch up to households above the poverty line - throwing the African-American community deeper into the stone ages.

All American voices are important, and the FBI's Protected Voices videos and resources will help all Americans protect themselves online.

Access to reliable Internet is a necessity, whether it's for school, work, or staying connected with family and friends.

As Chair of the Broadband and Technology Task Force, I will strive to ensure that legislative and regulatory policy making on these rapidly evolving services takes fully into account the needs of the Latino community.

All Americans must have access to the Internet in today's digital world, and the market needs competition to drive affordable prices.