Act Quote by Ellen Ullman Download Open image “The act of voting, to put it in computing terms, is a question of user interface.” — Ellen Ullman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Computing Democracy Question Terms User interface Voting
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold. — Avi Rubin Copy Share Image
I don't think with today's technology we can have a voting system that is fully electronic that can be trusted. — Avi Rubin Copy Share Image
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme. — Avi Rubin Copy Share Image
Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from the people — Ron Holland Copy Share Image
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I think technical people now should learn literature, because literature teaches you a great deal about how - the depths and variety of human… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin;… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
“I believed my motivations were clear: to help the patient see the pattern that had been imposed upon her, this endless repetition of being… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
It had to happen to me sometime: sooner or later, I would have to lose sight of the cutting edge. That moment every technical… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
Software and digital devices are imbued with the values of their creators. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
Through the miracle of natural genetic recombination, each child, with the sole exception of an identical twin, is conceived as a unique being. Even… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
