Compilation Quote by A.G. Riddle

“This was his mind, a storehouse, a computer programmed to life, minute by minute, hour by hour, day and night.”

— Pearl S. Buck

“Be careful, and go slowly. Computers are intolerant of mistakes; they do just what you tell them to do, not what you meant for…

— Peter H. Gregory

“Programming went back to the beginning of time. It was a little like the midden out back of his father's castle.”

— Vernor Vinge

“Some of the best programming is done on paper, really. Putting it into the computer is just a minor detail.”

— Max Kanat-Alexander

“Computers were a kind of magery in themselves, or might as well be - to people who didn't understand them, they were every bit…

— Orson Scott Card

“I should have known from watching Henry work at the office: programmers moved slowly and deliberately, and then waited to see the reaction. And…

— Jodi Picoult

“Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; computers are fast, accurate, and stupid.”

— John Pfeiffer

“Remember, though, that debugging is as much art as it is computer science [..]”

— Michael A. Vine

“It was like listening to two badly written computer programs trying to convince each other that they were sentient.”

— Greg Egan

“I have a well-deserved reputation for being something of a gadget freak, and am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my…

— Douglas Adams

“He made an impassioned speech about man fading in the shadow of the machine, losing our individual rights as our computer technology takes over…

— David A. Goodman

“Brian closed the condition book, pressed his fingers to his tired eyes. Like Paddy, he wasn't quite sure he trusted the computer, but he…

— Nora Roberts