Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
I've often gotten the feeling that the only people who have learned from computer assisted instruction are the authors. — Ben Shneiderman Copy Share Image
We can make life in the computer. Granted, it's limited, but we have learned what it takes in order to actually construct… — Chris Adami Copy Share Image
I have always wanted some way that you could make a surface in a computer, like you pick up a piece of… — Owsley Stanley Copy Share Image
Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop]. — Scott McNealy Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I took Pascal, and I was terrible. And then, when I went to NYU, I minored in computer science. I just couldn't… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
The computer is a mechanism for acceleration: it accelerates economic activity, and this is eating up the world. It's eating up resources,… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like:… — Mike White Copy Share Image
There is an inherent dissonancebetween the quasi-formal world of computer programs - defining the programmed machine in each system - and the… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
LISP has jokingly been described as "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer." I think that description is a great compliment… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
One day I visited a guy who had made a fortune as a broker. He was sitting in his office with his… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things. — John C. Dvorak Copy Share Image
Communicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing. — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
I was always a computer kid, and I grew up with the Internet and always found it fascinating. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
God is like a computer, the more software you put in, the greater the danger that extensions will conflict. — Alexander Waugh Copy Share Image
Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally… — John Naughton Copy Share Image
For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
I can only stand to sit in front of my computer for three or four hours a day. Otherwise it can get… — Keith Fullerton Whitman Copy Share Image
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer… — Fan Bingbing Copy Share Image
Whether I'm in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Ive never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure theres enough memory on… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Memory has always been social. Now we're using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Your computer needn't be the first thing your see in the morning and the last thing you see at night. — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
I've learned you can't write on a computer on a bus. It jiggles too much, especially an Apple. The keyboard jiggles around… — Stephen Stills Copy Share Image
The real excitement is collaborating with computer scientists and neuroscientists and starting to understand in detail how children learn so much so… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer. — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
We tracked every single thing that I ate and calculated everything on a computer program called NutriTiming. It wasn't always easy and… — Mardy Fish Copy Share Image
...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's hard to replace the gray matter that is inherent in every human being. No computer can do it quite that well… — John P. Jumper Copy Share Image
“I am not buying another Microsoft Windows computer until entry level models have at least 8 processors and 8GB RAM.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I'm probably the worst at games. I don't really like computer games either. And when I lose, I won't go again but… — Yoseob Copy Share Image