Quotes about Computers

“I never have used computers or calculators. I've always been able to figure out in my head, far before my opposition has, in negotiating for acquisitions, where we need to be and where the numbers are and how we could get the best sight of the bargain, without having to resort to accountants or assistants or financial experts.”

“I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.”

“The whole thought of a career with computers - given that hardly anybody even knew what they were - it wasn't even a concept.”

“I think smartphones are one of humanity's most remarkable creations: computers are amazing enough, but a supercomputer you can carry in your pocket and communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere... it's no wonder they're troublingly addictive.”

“Girls are interested in computers, there just are not many programs out there for them.”

“I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.”

“Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”

“People are good at intuition, living our lives. What are computers good at? Memory.”

“Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.”

“Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.”

“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”

“There's no telling how many guns we have in America - and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated.”

“But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.”

“By the end of 1978, we had 11 partners and six franchisees, we were operating in 22 cities, and we had about 6,000 clients. We had left Electronic Accounting Systems and were doing our own processing on our own computers.”

“Not only have computers changed the way we think, they've also discovered what makes humans think - or think we're thinking. At least enough to predict and even influence it.”

“Imagine if we can just talk to our computers and have it understand, 'Please schedule a meeting with Bob for next week.' Or if each child could have a personalized tutor. Or if self-driving cars could save all of us hours of driving.”

“If it hadn't been for our Traf-O-Data venture, and if it hadn't been for all that time spent on UW computers, you could argue that Microsoft might not have happened.”

“I was a nerd, growing up, I was really into computers and technology, and most of my friends were basically in that world as well.”

“I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.”

“Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.”

“Technological developments are changing the way we live, and there is much talk of digitalisation and the disruptive business models enabled by smart phones, tablets, computers, and the 'Internet of things.'”