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Technology Quotes by Douglas Adams
- Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.
- First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it…
- I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is…
- The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly…
- We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
- In the old days, writers used to sit in front of a typewriter and stare out of the window. Nowadays, because of the marvels of…
- The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and…
- We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A…
More Technology Quotes
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about… — Karen Armstrong
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. — Isaac Asimov
- 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
- Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. — Margaret Atwood
- People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood