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Computer Quotes by Joseph Weizenbaum
- A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind.
- The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form…
- The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has…
- Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive
- Man is not a machine, ... although man most certainly processes information, he does not necessarily process it in the way computers do. Computers and…
More Computer Quotes
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to… — Dave Attell
- Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen.… — Geraldine Brooks
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine… — Russell Baker