Quotes about Computers

“I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.”

“For about half an hour in mid-1992, I knew as much as any layperson about the pleasures of remote access of other people's computers.”

“Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.”

“When a monk takes a vow of silence, is he still allowed to post messages on the Internet? Chances are God won't find out. Being ancient, God probably can't work computers. He holds the mouse gingerly, like it's made of fine china.”

“Everywhere I look, there are ads marking Mother's Day. Mostly they conform to stereotype: flowers, jewelry, perfume. Not a lot of books. Not many computers. Few tools. Little that's useful.”

“There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.”

“I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.”

“Computers can see, and understand what people say via speech recognition.”

“When I was younger, I would look at a game with computers and still be fascinated by the possibilities.”

“The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.”

“My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being - well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school.”

“People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.”

“From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system.”

“While in the early days of networks, growth was limited by slowness and cost at numerous points - expensive telephone connections, computers that crashed, browsers that didn't work - the rise of the smartphone has essentially changed all that.”

“We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.”

“I just became one with my browser software.”

“When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.”

“Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate.”

“In the week following Sandy, we weren't flooded, but we were without everything else - I ended up living by candlelight - no phones, no computers, no light, no power. If we took a walk at night to go and find something to eat, it was completely black, with no lights coming out of the windows, no street lights: a very apocalyptic feeling.”

“I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.”

“I'm a computer guy, and one of the things I did with the good fortune that 'Presumed Innocent' brought me was to buy one of the very first laptop computers. It weighed about eight and a half pounds, by the way.”