177 Quotes by Jimmy Wales

I joke a lot that (choosing to be a nonprofit) was either the best thing or the worst thing I've ever done. But I think that the site wouldn't have been successful with ads. People might not be so quick to contribute.

I'm learning German, ... You couldn't learn German just from a textbook...So I'm learning from audio CDs and games.

The idea that we are going to tighten our editorial 'rules' is completely not correct (and) the articles would not be frozen in perpetuity.

You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

Wikis and social networking are just tools.

The Supreme Court has held that code is speech. And it doesn't matter that it's done on a computer or done face to face or done in a newspaper, reporting the facts of the world is protected speech.

People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.