Computer Quotes

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OK, so the computer has understood, but what about me ? — Eugene Wigner
For all the great dreams profitlessly invested in the digital computer, it is nonetheless true that not since the framers of the American Constitution took… — David Berlinski
I never use a computer. — Andrew Wiles
Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer. — Isaac Asimov
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change… — Hal Abelson
Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. — Alfred Aho
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. ... The… — David Gelernter
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, one of which is the… — Tom Gilb
What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which it is related?… — Tony Hoare
Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes it… — Brian Kernighan
Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words… — James Lovelock
Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. — Harold Morowitz
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of… — Alan Perlis
There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one… — Roger Schank
In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and… — Gerald Jay Sussman
Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need to understand the algorithm, its… — Robert Tarjan
If you stay up late and you have another hour of work to do, you can just stay up another hour later without running into… — Bill Joy
Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with… — Randy Pausch
Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect. . . .… — Dave Barry
Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. Let's take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it. — Michael O'Leary

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