Computers Quotes · Page 27

Patents have long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national soul.

— James Gleick

I always wanted to be a pilot, though somewhere down the line switched to computers.

— Shefali Zariwala

Have you ever realized that U & I are always together! No matter what ¦ On the computer keyboard I meant ;-)

— Keesling Moraiji Tatenda

“I'm an open Minded Man. How about a threesom? You, me and the machine?”

— Jennifer Crusie

Excess capacity in people, machines, or property will be quickly absorbed.

— Seth Klarman

People can be anybody they want behind a computer. Don't always expect them to be as cool in real life

— Anonymous

“USB drive mode. Windows: Right-click on the "Safely remove hardware" icon”

— Amazon

The awkward moment when you think you do a silent fart and it comes out like a machine gun.

— Anonymous

Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.

— John Lasseter

Protein engineering is a technology of molecular machines - of molecular machines that are part of replicators - and so it comes…

— K. Eric Drexler

“When a machine does a mistake, it’s not a mistake, something is wrong. When human do mistakes, it is a mistake, but…

— Zisha Schnitzler

Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events,…

— David Crane

“I have always looked upon a telephone as an official kind of machine which you prepared for with fasting and prayer, and…

— C.N. Williamson

“In the same sense that every thermal differential wants to equalize itself, and every computer program wants to become a collection of…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

I won't put in a load of laundry, because the machine is too loud and would drown out other, more significant noises…

— David Sedaris

I write more for the children of the computer revolution, who are also interested in speculation and exploring the human condition, but…

— Charles Stross

“It was the combination of EC2 and S3 - storage and compute, two primitives linked together - that transformed both AWS and…

— Brad Stone

“Likewise, Humanities Computing is the creative result of failure on the part of the manufacturers of early computers to produce operational machines…

— Melissa Terras

I can hold my breath I can bite my tongue I can stay awake for days If that's what you want Be…

— Gummy

We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we…

— Bill Gates

I grew up with a pencil. A pencil was my computer at the time and so drawing, drawing, drawing and the tools…

— Massimo Vignelli

Many say that DOS is the dark side [from Star Wars], but actually UNIX is more like the dark side: It's less…

— Lore Sjoberg

We didn't know what was coming next. And, you know, this is not just about computers; this is harassment of individuals, it's…

— Donna Brazile

The immediacy of the mobile changes it from what we're accustomed to in the personal computing world to something that's instantaneous... What's…

— Vint Cerf

“Machine guns, missile launchers, grappling hooks and cables—what more could a girl want?”

— Greg Cox

I don't want to be a hardware engineer. That seems like a terrible job.

— Brianna Wu

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

— Larry Wall

He's going to transfer his power to Rogue and use her to power the machine.

— Wolverine

“The government," he told me one night, "is there to act as a safety net, not a candy machine.”

— Glenn Beck

I don't work with computers. I'd never played a video game.

— Kelly Reichardt

Computers are finite machines; when given the same input, they always produce the same output.

— Greg Perry

Doing a movie about computers between 1978 and 1982? You can't get much less sexy, less active than that.

— Joshua Michael Stern

I never liked the idea of doing what a machine says. I hate having to salute something built in a factory.

— Philip K. Dick

“The machines are too dull when we are lion-poems that move & breathe.”

— Michael McClure

“Don't call me babe. And next time I'm letting my Metaphysical answering meachine get it.”

— Dana Marie Bell

We are all human beings. We are not machines that everything you put in comes out perfect.

— Sourav Ganguly

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

— Don Henley

A Rube Goldberg machine is, in its essence, a trial-and-error thing.

— Adam Sadowsky

My high-techness is pretty low-tech. I'm not wildly computer savvy. I'm a record person.

— James Murphy

Don't use hands to do things that can be efficiently done by the computer.

— Tom Duff