252 private quotes tagged computers

“What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.” — Dale Dougherty

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“I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.” — Bill Budge

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“Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.” — Jean Rostand

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“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.” — Andy Rooney

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“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.” — Jef Raskin

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“Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'” — Peter Drucker

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“When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.” — Wietse Venema

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“There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them!” — Richard P. Feynman

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“Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.” — Clifford Stoll

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“Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.” — Scott Weiland

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“I just became one with my browser software.” — Bill Griffith

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“I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.” — David Hockney

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“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.” — Nick Park

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“Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be the stuff out there, but the stuff inside your head. It's going to be commercial and nasty at the same time.” — J. G. Ballard

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“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.” — Ted Nelson

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“Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely.” — Marc Andreessen

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“It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.” — Kevin Mitnick

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“Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?” — Tracey Ullman

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“Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.” — Tony Visconti

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“You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?” — Lech Walesa

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“I use many different gadgets connected with computers I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!” — Lech Walesa

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“I don't know anything about computers.” — Adam Carolla

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“I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.” — Kevin Mitnick

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“Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.” — Katherine Jenkins

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“Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.” — Doug Larson

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