Computers Quotes

764 quotes by 542 authors

I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything… — Jerry Brown
Experts agree that the best type of computer for your individual needs is one that comes on the market about two days after you actually… — Dave Barry
Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything. — Ted Nelson
By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing,… — Ray Kurzweil
The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst. — Larry Wall
Arimaa's a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers. — Bram Cohen
We've seen computers play chess and beat grand masters. We've seen computers drive a car across a desert. But interestingly, playing chess is easy, but… — Hod Lipson
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow. — Annie Baker
A hacker is someone who enjoys playful clevernessâ€”not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and 70s… — Richard Stallman
I try to make computers say things like You have 60 seconds to achieve safe distance. — Terry Pratchett
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Long term, the PC and workstation will wither because computing access will be everywhere: in the walls, on wrists, and in 'scrap computers' lying about… — Mark Weiser
Tonight, I propose a 21st Century Crime Bill to deploy the latest technologies and tactics to make our communities even safer. Our balanced budget will… — William J. Clinton
Editing can alter the original meaning and context, and computers can alter the image itself. The camera can also be manipulated. At the very least,… — Dan Rather
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations… — Fred Brooks
It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one. — Berkeley Breathed
There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece. — Dave Barry
Over the eons I've been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to 'simplify' and 'bring order to' my life. Very early… — James Fallows
Have you ever looked inside one of those things [computers]? It's a whole hierarchy of angels- all on slats. And those little tubes-those are miracles. — Joseph Campbell
Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and… — Ursula K. Le Guin

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