Quotes about Computers

"The computer is a moron."

"Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself."

"The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing."

"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."

"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer."

"Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs."

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."

"Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn."

"In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever."

"I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago."

"Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!"

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway', but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."

"The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."

"Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us."

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

"What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people's problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information."

"The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work."

"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."

"Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020."

"Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s."

"I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it."

"As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications."

"Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village."

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."

"Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand."

"Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest."

"We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable."

"It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow."

"Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders."

"What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?"

"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining."

"We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers."

"Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water."

"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"