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title: "1 Human Thinking Quotes By Ellen Ullman"
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> [Human thinking can skip over a great deal, leap over small misunderstandings, can contain ifs and buts in untroubled corners of the mind. But the machine has no corners. Despite all the attempts to see the computer as a brain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/human-thinking-can-skip-over-a-great-deal-leap-over-small/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

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## More by Ellen Ullman

> [I think technical people now should learn literature, because literature teaches you a great deal about how - the depths and variety of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-think-technical-people-now-should-learn-literature-because/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/the-web-is-just-another-stunning-point-in-the-two-hundred-thousand/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/when-i-am-writing-and-occasionally-achieve-single-focus-and-presence/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-don-t-know-where-anyone-ever-got-the-idea-that-technology-in-and-of/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [You can only get a beginner's mind once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/you-can-only-get-a-beginner-s-mind-once/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [I'm a dark thoughts writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-m-a-dark-thoughts-writer/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [I hate to see capable, smart people out of work - young or old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-hate-to-see-capable-smart-people-out-of-work-young-or-old/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [“I believed my motivations were clear: to help the patient see the pattern that had been imposed upon her, this endless repetition of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-believed-my-motivations-were-clear-to-help-the-patient-see-the/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [It had to happen to me sometime: sooner or later, I would have to lose sight of the cutting edge. That moment every technical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/it-had-to-happen-to-me-sometime-sooner-or-later-i-would-have-to-lose/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [Software and digital devices are imbued with the values of their creators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/software-and-digital-devices-are-imbued-with-the-values-of-their/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [ I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers \[who\] did not come out of engineering. \[A\]ll sorts of people were drawn in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-ve-always-written-i-m-from-an-older-generation-of-programmers-who/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [Through the miracle of natural genetic recombination, each child, with the sole exception of an identical twin, is conceived as a unique being. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/through-the-miracle-of-natural-genetic-recombination-each-child-with/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/staring-prejudice-in-the-face-imposes-a-cruel-discipline-to-structure/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [Y2K has challenged a belief in digital technology that has been almost religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/y2k-has-challenged-a-belief-in-digital-technology-that-has-been/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

> [I don't consider myself a Jewish writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-jewish-writer/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

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