Brendan Eich

"I would rather see JavaScript criticized fairly than praised falsely."

"Building the future requires looking back at what worked in the past."

"The price of progress is that we must live with the consequences of early choices."

"A single person can influence billions through technology; that's terrifying and wonderful."

"If you want to understand a system, look at who profits from it staying as it is."

"The internet should be a tool for liberation, not a tool for control."

"My greatest achievement is that others have built far greater things on top of my work."

"Patience in waiting for standards to evolve is often more effective than rushing ahead."

"Technology without ethics is just power without purpose."

"The most honest thing I can say is that I don't know what JavaScript will become."

"Good ideas in programming often look obvious in hindsight but seem impossible before."

"I believe in the internet as a commons, and commons require everyone to defend them."

"The web was meant to be read and written by everyone, not just consumed by consumers."

"Making mistakes at global scale teaches you lessons that smaller failures never could."

"Open source is how humanity learns to build things together without central authority."

"Speed and correctness are not always at odds if you design carefully."

"I would erase some decisions from JavaScript's past if I could, but I can't, so I accept."

"The web's greatest promise is that it gives voice to people without resources to broadcast otherwise."

"Programming is more like writing than like mathematics; it communicates intent."

"Standards bodies should represent the people who use the standards, not just the companies."

"I've come to believe that decentralization is not just technical, it's moral."

"The worst technology policy comes from people who don't understand technology."

"I value programmers who care about consequences more than those who chase cleverness."

"Every language represents the values of the people who created it and when they created it."

"The web's openness is what made it more powerful than any proprietary system."

"I've learned that the impact of your work is out of your hands once it's in the world."

"Good APIs are like good conversation; they invite natural interaction."

"If I could go back knowing what I know now, I'd still make mostly the same choices."

"The internet's promise of connection must not become a tool for isolation."

"I'm most proud of the people who've built better things than I ever could."