Computer science Quotes · Page 3

I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors.

— Judith Faulkner

Follow your dreams wherever they lead you and pay for those dreams with good jobs in software programming and computer design!

— Frederick Lenz

At extremely high processing speeds we are able to find patterns of order in what other people would perceive as chaos.

— Frederick Lenz

“The computer only gives back ourselves. It is a faithful mirror that reflects the human traits that are brought to it.”

— William Barrett

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

— Larry Wall

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

— Nicholas Negroponte

I am a professor at the computer science department, but I don't know how to use a computer, not even for Email.

— Endre Szemeredi

In much of computer science, I can easily 'auto-grade' your work and give you an instant meaningful feedback. I can't do this…

— Sebastian Thrun

I grew up in Adelaide, Australia. No one in my family had finished high school, and I was smart at mathematics, so…

— Rodney Brooks

A few years ago a friend said that I use to hunt and fish and build houses and things but now my…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“She shrugged noncommittally. “Not bad.” Kyle scoffed. “Not bad? Counselor, there are two things I’ve got mad skills at: And computer science…

— Julie James

I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different…

— Tony Hsieh

I was on this path to becoming a computer-science guy, but I didn't like it. I got no joy from it. It…

— Kumail Nanjiani

Providing better computer science education in public schools to kids, and encouraging girls to participate, is the only way to rewrite stereotypes…

— Ryan Holmes

“the most advanced computer science programs in the world, and over the course of the Computer Center’s life, thousands of students passed”

— Malcolm Gladwell

You have to imagine a world in which there's this abundance of data, with all of these connected devices generating tons and…

— Michael Dell

I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was…

— J. Cole

The company I invested in is probably a leader in that area. They're a company called Second Spectrum, which happens to be…

— Steve Ballmer

To make computer science more attractive to women, we might help young women change how they think about themselves and what's expected…

— Eileen Pollack

I was full of pride when President Obama talked about coding in his last State of the Union address. I was proud…

— Reshma Saujani

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to…

— Randy Pausch

Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience,…

— Marvin Minsky

Computer science teaches and nurtures the type of thinking that 21st century citizens will need to address 21st century issues. We cannot…

— Eric Adams

“What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months.”

— Fred Brooks

A lot of the parallel processing software we're currently developing for supercomputers is tantric.

— Frederick Lenz

I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby.

— Tycho

Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession.

— Cordelia Fine

“Remember, there are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming, and off-by-one errors.”

— Anonymous

To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions.

— Sebastian Thrun

All problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection.

— Butler Lampson

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

— Edsger Dijkstra

“After all, computer science was man-made. All the answers had to be there.”

— Ka Wai Cheung

Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science.

— Neil Gershenfeld

“Put broadly, the object of study in mathematics is truth; the object of study in computer science is complexity.”

— Brian Christian

Artificial Intelligence is creating a mind, hopefully as pure a mind as possible, for a computer.

— Frederick Lenz

That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just another day.

— Jawed Karim

I never took a computer science course in college, because then it was a thing you just learned on your own.

— Mitchel Resnick

I have yet to see a career that is similar in benefit as computer science for doing the advanced exercises.

— Frederick Lenz

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.

— Anonymous