#om

In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age.' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#age #back #been #computers #fact

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval. ↗

— Juliana Hatfield

#anymore #anyone #anything #approval #deal

Most companies that are great at something - like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores - do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us) because they are afraid to hurt their initial business. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#aol #because #become #bookstores #borders

My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got acquired. The problem was we tried to systemize everything and set up perfect procedures. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#before #bureaucratic #company #everything #exciting

So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#box office #did #domestic #downstream #example

The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#fiber #government #happening #internet #laying

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#effective #enforcement #government #government regulation #hand

When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it. ↗

— Mark V. Hurd

#clear #did #get #gets #job

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes from the very nature of what judges do. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#comes #discuss #how #judges #judicial

I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up. ↗

— Teri Hatcher

#absolutely #back #been #before #choice