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Jimmy Wales Quotes

Jimmy Wales quotes

American Businessman August 7, 1966

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Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together. Jimmy Wales
To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's who I am. That's what I am doing. That's my life goal. Jimmy Wales
I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life."
Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life. Jimmy Wales
My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I..."
It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world. Jimmy Wales
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. It's like hating kittens. Jimmy Wales
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' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way. Jimmy Wales
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a..."
I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a company. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and..."
It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really."
I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really. Jimmy Wales
I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right. Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales quote: "A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind..."
A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial. Jimmy Wales
Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important. Jimmy Wales

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