John Kerry Quotes

The great growling engine of change - technology.

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

The Internet is empowering everybody. It's empowering Democrats. It's empowering dictators. It's empowering criminals. It's empowering people who are doing really wonderful and creative things.

Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world.

Unsurprisingly, the most vocal opponents of new technologies are those who dominated the old.

Luddism is no longer with us, but today we seem to be overtaken by its opposite, the inevitability of technological change coupled with the blind belief in capitalism's ability to provide us with all we need.

The technological transformation of society contains within itself the dynamo of its own management, but only if we create laws and regulations to permit the information revolution to wash through our democratic structures.

With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

Weird how fast technology changes.

Every time there is a major shift in technology, it's been hugely exciting and scary at the same time. I have seen some really drastic changes in technology, like shooting only film to video to digital.

Every generation’s breakthroughs are proven false by the next generation’s Technology

I think the technology today is so much more advanced that it gives kids a lot more freedom... Back then it was a lot different.

The Internet has democratized content, and the gatekeepers are no longer in control. That democracy is wonderful for entrepreneurs.

Change is inevitable with the evolution of technology. In the '70s, we had records. In the '80s, we had CDs, and now we are living in the digital age. You can say it's sad or unfortunate, but the reality is you've got to roll with the times and the technology.

The coming changes in technology will be as profound as the creation of the Internet.

Congress should... at least keep pace with technological advances.

We live in a world defined by the rapid pace of technological change.

The tech world is not a new phenomenon; it's a new era.

There is this broad, broad recognition of how technology is enabling new things. Companies that never paid attention to computers in any form now see digital technology as creating threats and opportunities for them.

America is the most inventive country in the world. Why? Because everybody has access to information. In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

When Colin Powell showed up as Secretary of State in 2001, most State Department employees still didn't even have computers on their desks. When I got there they were not mostly permitted to have handheld devices. I mean, so you're thinking how do we operate in this new environment dominated by technology, globalizing forces? We have to change, and I can't expect people to change if I don't try to model it and lead it.

Technology has a critical role in realizing the vision of a Digital India - the power of 125 crore connected Indians.

I think that the Internet is our most profound and beautiful achievement. It is magnificent. We have the Internet as a layer of our thinking that doesn't control us, we control it, yet we don't have to be aware of it. It will be like a suit that really fits well.

Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.