Computers Quotes

764 quotes by 542 authors

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. — Ken Olsen
Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking. — Milton Glaser
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather… — Lee Iacocca
...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other… — Paul Simon
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. — Edsger Dijkstra
Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork. — Sam Ewing
It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate. — Nicholas Negroponte
A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind. — Joseph Weizenbaum
I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living… — Larry Page
Computers get better faster than anything else ever. A child's PlayStation today is more powerful than a military supercomputer from 1996. — Erik Brynjolfsson
By 2010 computers will disappear. They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment. Images will be written directly to our… — Ray Kurzweil
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry… — Stephen Hawking
Some miners would have 20 pints after a hard day in the mine. Now that we sit behind computers all day, this is down to… — Michael Jackson
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. — Donald Knuth
They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind. — Ted Nelson
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. — Doug Larson
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. — Clifford Stoll
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. — Kent Conrad
From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it. — Grace Hopper
Computer security can simply be protecting your equipment and files from disgruntled employees, spies, and anything that goes bump in the night, but there is… — Bruce Schneier

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