841 private quotes tagged technology

“Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.” — Justin Sane

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“I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion.” — Chris Wedge

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“Well, in our industry it's that the movies cost so much money to make they have to appeal to a broad audience. And I think that's part of what will loosen up in the future, as technology makes it cheaper, you'll be able to make films for a more selective audience. I think people will be able to make more personal movies.” — Chris Wedge

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“Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.” — John Phillips

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“In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope.” — James Gunn

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“They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country.” — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

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“The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.” — Eric Allman

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“I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.” — Lewis Thomas

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“What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.” — Freeman Dyson

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“I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.” — Frederick Reines

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“Today 80 percent of all the oil that comes out of the Gulf is from 1,000 feet or more and today almost a third of it is more than 5,000 feet below the surface. What hasn't happened is the safety and the ability to respond to a negative event such as this blowout, has been far outrun by the technology of drilling itself. We need to close that gap.” — Bob Graham

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“I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.” — Bob Iger

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“We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government.” — Timothy Murphy

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“The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin

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“The great growling engine of change - technology.” — Alvin Toffler

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“Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.” — Aaron Swartz

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“You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.” — Tori Amos

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“I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.” — Jimmy Buffett

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“We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed.” — Lawrence Clark Powell

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“We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.” — Monica Edwards

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“It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.” — Henry A. Wallace

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“What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.” — Philip Zimbardo

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“Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.” — Jaron Lanier

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“What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.” — Jaron Lanier

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“Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math parents must push and help their children to meet this goal.” — Ernest Istook

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