Computers Quotes · Page 46

“The Blue Beetle was not a clown car," I said severely. "It was a machine of justice.”

— Jim Butcher

Walkin' tall machine gun man. They spit on me in my home land. Gloria sent me pictures of my boy.

— Alice In Chains

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.

— Bertrand Russell

I try to make computers say things like You have 60 seconds to achieve safe distance.

— Terry Pratchett

People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'

— Dave Barry

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

— Antonin Scalia

Machine makers always run the risk of becoming totally machine.

— Frank Herbert

Cloud is about how you do computing, not where you do computing

— Paul Maritz

I've never really acquired any facility for working on the computer, though one day I think I would like to. My generation…

— Michael Bierut

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about…

— Alvin Toffler

Computer assisted proofs are getting better and better and computers will play a bigger and bigger role in the future.

— Enrico Bombieri

Silicon Valley is a great place for Bitcoin, since everyone understands computers, and there are lots of libertarians running around.

— Roger Ver

Computers are extremely helpful and amazing for a multitude of scientific areas, but for me, when it comes to creation, they are…

— Vangelis

A wise and clear-eyed book, Future Hype challenges the conventional wisdom about technological change and provides a fresh perspective on our so-called…

— Nicholas G. Carr

I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes…

— Marissa Mayer

I write on a computer. On breaks, I'll make myself green tea. I don't want something too caffeinated. I guess I don't…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a vacuum cleaner, a Barbie doll. Erasing a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and…

— Amby Burfoot

“I stopped thinking and watched in horror as Tex banged the portafilter on top of the espresso machine. Monty hit a button…

— Kristen Ashely

My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with…

— Bill Gates

I knew right then and there, it was the beginning of the end for Milli Vanilli. When my voice got stuck in…

— Rob Pilatus

“Have you ever seen an anthill?" he said at last. "A machine of tiny marchers. Too much motion, you cannot make out…

— Frances Hardinge

In physics, one of the most exciting areas is in nanotech. With computers exhausting the power of silicon, Silicon Valley could become…

— Michio Kaku

“For all the insomniacs of the world I want to build a new kind of machine For flying out of the body…

— Edward Hirsch

We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.

— Saddam Hussein

“Programming language is to the computer ; speaking in tongue is to God”

— Adewale Osunsakin

I definitely have a piece of tape over my computer at home.

— Scott Eastwood

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

— Herbie Hancock

Did you really invent the computer, or am I being pranked right now?

— Steve Wozniak

I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?'

— William Shatner

You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.

— Neil Gaiman

I believe all God's creatures have a soul... except bears, bears are Godless killing machines!

— Stephen Colbert

Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.

— Henry David Thoreau

I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games.

— Luis von Ahn

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy

— Joseph Campbell

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

— Jan Peter Balkenende

The greatest thing that has ever come from this technological era is the 'Clear History' option on computers.

— Anonymous

The computer allows me to execute my ideas at the speed I think them.

— will.i.am

From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

— Anonymous

We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.

— Scott McNealy