Quotes about Computers

“So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in front of our iPhones and communicating but are we really communicating?”

“Instead of the cashier and ticket-ripper of the movie theater, the block chain consists of thousands of computers that can process digital tickets, money, and many other fiduciary objects in digital form. Think of thousands of robots wearing green eye shades, all checking each other's accounting.”

“If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process.”

“Nobody expects that just because they've made computers better they're going to give them to you free.”

“When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.”

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”

“We're leading a fundamental shift from centralized energy to distributed energy. Energy will go in that direction, just like mainframe computers went to client servers, then to the Internet. I believe in solar, and the macro trends are just too undeniable.”

“I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.”

“Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.”

“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.”

“But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.”

“I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now.”

“Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.”

“I was born in Tamil Nadu. I built HCL in UP. The first computers of the world were built in UP, and the UP government has supported us all through.”

“It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.”

“I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing.”

“The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!”

“Computers sort of came around through games and toys. And you know, the first computer most people had in the house may have been a computer to play 'Pong,' a little microprocessor embedded, and then other games that came after that.”

“Equipped with cell phones, beepers, and handheld computers, the 'conspicuously industrious' blur the line between home and office by working anytime, anywhere.”

“I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity, a meaningful place in the world.”

“My life's goal is to get rid of computers and invent everything that removes its necessity.”