Computers Quote by John W. Campbell

Machine makers always run the risk of becoming totally machine.

— Frank Herbert

“A machine does not care”

— Tom Godwin

Machines Need to be Productive. People Need to be Effective.

— James William Benson

You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I…

— John von Neumann

The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to the dangers…

— William S. Burroughs

“From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and…

— George Orwell

If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.

— Rodney Brooks

“The sensitive person's hostility to the machine is in one sense unrealistic, because of the obvious fact that the machine has come to stay.…

— George Orwell

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping…

— Igor Sikorsky

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

— Clive James

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part, you…

— Mario Savio

I realize I'm not a machine. I'm going to make mistakes.

— Fuzzy Zoeller