Technology Quotes · Page 141

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

— Jef Raskin

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

— Ken Olsen

The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.

— Eckhard Pfeiffer

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

— Larry Wall

Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all¦ Theophilus London

— Theophilus London

Software and digital devices are imbued with the values of their creators.

— Ellen Ullman

Implementing best practice is copying yesterday; innovation is inventing tomorrow.

— Paul Sloane

In public, an admission of technological inadequacy would be too embarrassing.

— Elliott Abrams

One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time.

— Anita Elberse

It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in…

— Jacques Ellul

“Microsoft seems obsessed with the word active. there's Active Desktop, ActiveX, and Active Directory. however, the term is accurate-indeed, Active Directory is…

— Ed Tittel

The mistake that makes launching a venture expensive is when you try to make a disruptive technology so good that it can…

— Clayton Christensen

My basic rule is, if it could possibly come from the end user, it's not a run-time crash. But if it is…

— Brad Fitzpatrick

The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.

— Ed Askew

I like computers. It's the first time that I am endorsing a computer brand. I am very computer savvy, so this is…

— Bill Vaughan

On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like…

— Susan Orlean

“Not only are we digital immigrants, we are also media dinosaurs. We enjoy thumbing through glossy magazines, and maybe still subscribe to…

— Ian Lamont

In my work, I am not attempting to predict the future. I am only pointing out what is possible with the intelligent…

— Jacque Fresco

The problem with cell phones is that you can’t slam them down into a cradle when you hang up. Your only option…

— Holly Black

The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the…

— Al Gore

In the increasingly digital world, data is a valuable currency, yet as consumers, we control and own little of it. As consumers,…

— William Mougayar

Being nerdy just means being passionate about something, including everyone - the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about…

— Zachary Levi

I think that people can get caught up in the "gee-whiz" technology of surveying, which is constantly changing, and forget about the…

— Mark Mason

Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools…

— Nancy Gibbs

I'm fascinated with materials, with processes, with technologies.

— Marc Newson

Part of the challenge of innovation is coming up with the problem to solve, not just its solution.

— Scott Berkun

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

— Laura Hillenbrand

By about the year 2000 Communist China will be a “superpower” built by American technology and skill.

— Antony C. Sutton

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

— Max Frisch

My main interest is in trying to find radically different kinds of neural nets.

— Geoffrey Hinton

Testing proves a programmer’s failure. Debugging is the programmer’s vindication.

— Boris Beizer

Because of the rate of technology change, forecast horizons are shrinking.

— Steve Jurvetson

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

— Eric S. Raymond

Apple is all-in on Apple hardware and still wants you to be all-in, too.

— Walt Mossberg

If you cant find the Any key on your laptop to continue try using a hammer a couple of times.

— Paul Kityo

“Whatever the blessing, the talent, or technology, we can still find some way to fuck it up.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

The tech titans and the tech guys who I most admire are the ones behind the scenes.

— Andre Iguodala

“Capability-based strategy-execution is the only path leading to a sustainable digital transformation.”

— Pearl Zhu

“Engadget, the technology blog, had the first details about Amazon’s new e-reading device,”

— Brad Stone

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

— Steve Jobs