Genachowski Quotes

#1. Even though the Internet touches every part of our lives, one person is to blame for potentially destroying its potential for innovation and freedom of expression: former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

Marvin Ammori

#2. President Obama's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, has a reputation in D.C. of being a 'tepid' regulator. From reports of his net neutrality proposal, he's living up to that reputation.

Marvin Ammori

#3. Almost everything the FCC does is challenged in court. There is no clean solution because we have a Communications Act that wasn't written for broadband.

Julius Genachowski

#4. Healthy competition places discipline on the market and should focus providers on providing the best service at a lower cost.

Julius Genachowski

#5. The most important thing for people to understand is that the basic rule that people have a right to send information over the Internet - even when they are using a wireless device - is part of the framework.

Julius Genachowski

#6. Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

Ambrose Bierce

#7. It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

Demosthenes

#8. Work is a dull thing; you cannot get away from that. The only agreeable existence is one of idleness, and that is not, unfortunately, always compatible with continuing to exist at all.

Rose Macaulay

#9. I want to preserve the free and open Internet - the experience that most users and entrepreneurs have come to expect and enjoy today and that has unleashed impressive innovation, job creation, and investment.

Julius Genachowski

#10. I am impressed with the innovation in the wireless marketplace. The Blackberry, the iPhone, the Pre, and other smart devices are breakthrough technologies that have helped revolutionize the wireless space.

Julius Genachowski

#11. I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure or something - this huge presence watching over me. I definitely feel better and work freer here.

Dev Hynes

#12. In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that benefit innovators and the American people.

Julius Genachowski

#13. In general, we need America to take its game up a notch when it comes to broadband. It's important to acknowledge the billions and billions of dollars of investment in fiber. But we need more.

Julius Genachowski

#14. Small businesses were slower than large businesses in adopting broadband. One of the reasons was they were concerned with putting their customer lists online or in the cloud.

Julius Genachowski

#15. Living the gospel of Jesus Christ is the price of-and the only way to-peace.

Marion G. Romney

#16. Those terms haunt me, -- in the way of all aspersions that contain a germ of truth. I have been unable to banish them. They sit on my shoulders and mutter in my ears during all my moments of doubt.

Alyson Foster

#17. I joined the Aspen Institute, which is a terrific nonpartisan center. They have a wonderful effort that focuses on the impact of communications technology on society and our economy.

Julius Genachowski

#18. Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the government had a role in ensuring that Internet freedom was protected.

Julius Genachowski

#19. I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.

Marisa Berenson

#20. What is interesting to me is to find ways to work with early-stage innovators to build from the edge and work on tomorrow's ideas.

Julius Genachowski

#21. I do need to explore my faith, because it has got lost over the years and it has been kind of tainted through experience. But I also know it's enriched my life, my dad being a Catholic.

Johnny Vegas

#22. As consumer adoption of wireless devices continues to soar, Wi-Fi congestion is becoming a critical problem for consumers and innovators.

Julius Genachowski

#23. If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

Julius Genachowski

#24. One way or another, we need to understand that broadband is essentially telephone service, and just as we got to telephone service in the United States to one hundred per cent, we need to do it for broadband.

Julius Genachowski

#25. Central bankers are not seers, not miracle workers. They are government employees.

Seth Lipsky

#26. It's really important that we have an ecosystem where small innovative entrepreneurs can develop new products and access consumers and have a chance to succeed.

Julius Genachowski

#27. I do like the iPhone. I've been a Blackberry person from, like, literally day one of Blackberry, so it's been a real switch, but it's a great device.

Julius Genachowski

#28. From the very start, I thought there were four key principles that the agency should focus on: driving private investment, driving innovation, promoting competition, and protecting consumers.

Julius Genachowski

#29. I do everything the same, like nothing ever happened to me.

Fetty Wap

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

Julius Genachowski

#31. I'm an optimist about the power of technology to transform lives for the better.

Julius Genachowski

#32. I think it's natural for anyone that participates in a public debate to advocate for the most extreme version that they can, particularly if they believe that government tends to compromise.

Julius Genachowski

#33. One of the things I've come to realize is that, like every new technology and like every disruption, broadband has downsides.

Julius Genachowski

#34. Network neutrality protects the ability of users to access the lawful content, applications, and services of their choice. In other words, it lets users determine who wins and loses in the marketplace, and that's the way it should be.

Julius Genachowski

#35. Any outcome, any deal that doesn't preserve the freedom and openness of the internet for consumers and entrepreneurs will be unacceptable.

Julius Genachowski

#36. I get really excited imagining what we can do in the future with broadband.

Julius Genachowski