One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' Votes: 5
Norman Ralph AugustineThe word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot. Votes: 4
Dave BarryComputer science really involves the same mindset, particularly artificial intelligence. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellComputer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes Votes: 3
Edsger DijkstraTheoretical Computer Science is just as useless as everything we mathematicians do. Votes: 3
Jennifer Tour ChayesComputer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Votes: 3
Edsger DijkstraAll problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection. Votes: 3
Butler LampsonComputer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work. Votes: 3
Nicholas NegroponteI'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill. Votes: 3
Christopher PlummerComputer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is. Votes: 3
Larry WallComputer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it. Votes: 3
Andy WeirComputer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs. Votes: 3
Freeman DysonComputer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. Votes: 3
Edsger DijkstraOK Computer? More like No Thank You Computers. They killed my father, and I hate them. Votes: 3
Thom YorkeComputer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist. Votes: 3
Steven LevyComputer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy. Votes: 3
Larry WallComputer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science. Votes: 3
Neil GershenfeldBill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build. Votes: 3
Larry EllisonIn OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. Votes: 3
Colin GreenwoodComputer is not a device anymore. It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people. Votes: 3
Mark ShuttleworthI am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. Votes: 3
Dave BarryThe computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Votes: 2
Richard StallmanIn 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services. Votes: 2
Kenneth G. WilsonNo computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that. Votes: 2
Grace HopperFamily life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone. Votes: 2
Neil KurshanI can't read a computer screen and never use a calculator. It's all in my head and by hand. Votes: 2
Simon ReubenMost computer users don't think about backing up their software until the day they lose it Votes: 1
Don RittnerWe think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch Votes: 1
Scott McNealyMathematics is much less formally complete and precise than computer programs. Votes: 0
William ThurstonNobody wants another computer hacker movie, unless it's something amazingly different. Votes: 0
John BadhamNo consumer product improves more drastically, year after year, than the computer. Votes: 0
Clive ThompsonI've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer. Votes: 0
Terry McMillanIt's amazing to me that owning your own computer was considered impossible. Votes: 0
Randy WiggintonUnlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on. Votes: 0
Christian MarclayDespair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits. Votes: 0
Edward AbbeyI am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer... Votes: 0
Douglas AdamsFor computer communications, computers talk in little bursts. They're not continuous like speech. Votes: 0
Bob KahnThe Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer. Votes: 0
Vance PackardAbove all, remember that the computer simply isn't as intelligent as you are. Votes: 0
John Paul CaponigroMuch of the real computer talent today is concentrated in the private sector. Votes: 0
Evgeny MorozovCompetition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. Votes: 0
Bill GatesInvestment success cannot be captured in a mathematical equation or a computer program. Votes: 0
Seth KlarmanThe computer does things that can't be done with hardware, like freezing sounds. Votes: 0
Keith Fullerton WhitmanCommunicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing. Votes: 0
Steve KlugerThe guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive. Votes: 0
Colin GreenwoodThe computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Votes: 0
Larry EllisonThe first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection. Votes: 0
Bjarne StroustrupThanks to my computer, I have now achieved a much higher state of disorganization. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantThe computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free. Votes: 0
James DysonWe are living in an era of anxiety produced by computer and communications technology. Votes: 0
Mitch KaporDescribing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. Votes: 0
Yasser SeirawanYou can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin Votes: 0
Laura DernI am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything. Votes: 0
Madeleine L'EngleEmacs is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is beautiful. Votes: 0
Neal StephensonYo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard, Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards! Votes: 0
Ghostface KillahA computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows Votes: 0
Linus TorvaldsI don't have a computer. A computer's a typewriter. I already have a typewriter. Votes: 0
Ray BradburyYou never heard ofplugging her in ? My God, Myrnin, you made a vampire computer? Votes: 0
Rachel CaineMy computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers. Votes: 0
Edward AbbeyEgo is like an antivirus which eventually takes unwanted control of the computer itself. Votes: 0
Saurabh SharmaCloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server. Votes: 0
Evgeny MorozovMathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. Votes: 0
Richard HammingLearning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation. Votes: 0
Nicholas NegroponteIBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. Votes: 0
Douglas TrumbullMost papers in computer science describe how their author learned what someone else already knew. Votes: 0
Peter LandinMy favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer. Votes: 0
Alexander LudwigWhen the computer and tablets are all about playing games, thats not interesting to me. Votes: 0
Julianne MooreWhen the computer and tablets are all about playing games, that's not interesting to me. Votes: 0
Julianne MooreIntelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does. Votes: 0
Roger PenroseHonestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news. Votes: 0
Martina HingisName anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it. Votes: 0
Martin FreemanThe computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills. Votes: 0
Nicholas NegroponteWhat was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. Votes: 0
Megan SmithSome traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can. Votes: 0
Thomas PeterffyMy dad's a biophysicist. My brother is a computer guy. His wife works at Microsoft. Votes: 0
Alec BergWe culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. Votes: 0
Megan SmithMy favorite computer of all time? The Apple II that got me started, of course. Votes: 0
Robert ScobleThe radio of my youth ... is now a quaint memory replaced by computer hard drives. Votes: 0
Phil DonahueAny teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer. Votes: 0
Isaac AsimovIf true computer music were ever written, it would only be listened to by other computers. Votes: 0
Michael CrichtonThe computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can. Votes: 0
Bill GatesThe real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Votes: 0
Alan KayIt was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Votes: 0
Buffy Sainte-MarieThe computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all. Votes: 0
Larry WallThere are two types of computer languages; those that people hate and those that nobody uses. Votes: 0
John OusterhoutIn an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self. Votes: 0
Milton GlaserPeople can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally? Votes: 0
Tori AmosOwning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven Votes: 0
Charles PetzoldAbility to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense. Votes: 0
Gene SpaffordThrow the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do. Votes: 0
Daniel CraigTechnological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer. Votes: 0
Clare Boothe LuceThe two inventions of the century, the car and the computer, are gradually coming closer together. Votes: 0
Martin WinterkornBill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build. Votes: 0
Larry EllisonI have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer. Votes: 0
Natasha LyonneDNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created. Votes: 0
Bill GatesThere are about a dozen great computer graphics people and Jim Blinn is six of them. Votes: 0
Ivan SutherlandMy whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world. Votes: 0
Kevin CostnerThe New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer blush. Votes: 0
Ada Louise HuxtableI definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games. Votes: 0
Luis von AhnMy computer must be broken: whenever I ask a wrong question, it gives a wrong answer. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantI'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers. Votes: 0
Joe ArpaioIn the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy. Votes: 0
Herbert SimonThe New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer blush Votes: 0
Ada Louise HuxtableYou can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously. Votes: 0
Wim CrouwelThe rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash. Votes: 0
James ChilesDuring the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer. Votes: 0
Mark HoppusArtificial Intelligence is creating a mind, hopefully as pure a mind as possible, for a computer. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellI am aware that a computer canât create a poem, but neither can a typewriter. Votes: 0
Charles BukowskiPeople in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.' Votes: 0
Dave BarryProgramming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do. Votes: 0
Donald KnuthA computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm. Votes: 0
Jef RaskinI don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist. Votes: 0
Edsger DijkstraTo hide behind a computer and an anonymous persona to spew hate at another person is despicable. Votes: 0
Heather DubrowWhen a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students. Votes: 0
Alan PerlisI get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer. Votes: 0
Liam NeesonThe only reason in the world that I bought a computer was to look up UFO sites. Votes: 0
Tom DeLongeI just want to keep creating stuff, work regularly and learn how to use a computer properly. Votes: 0
Paul PutnerI don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer! Votes: 0
Elmore LeonardI have a computer, a vibrator, and pizza delivery. Why should I leave the house? " - Tabitha Votes: 0
Sherrilyn KenyonHardware: This is the part of the computer that stops working when you spill beer on it. Votes: 0
Dave BarryMore and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve. Votes: 0
Bill GatesI didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002. Votes: 0
BeckThe purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. Votes: 0
Larry WallIt's nice the know the computer understands the situation, but I would like to understand it too. Votes: 0
Eugene WignerIn the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer. Votes: 0
Steve WozniakLook don't sit there behind the computer like a useless vegetable and tell me how to train Votes: 0
Viktoria KomovaI deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly. Votes: 0
Mary GardenI describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been. Votes: 0
Edward SnowdenThe computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you. Votes: 0
Michael NutterI only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out. Votes: 0
Felix DennisI don't use a computer. We have too much information and it's really impossible to filter it. Votes: 0
Mikhail ProkhorovYou could have all the computer chips ever in the world and you won't create a consciousness. Votes: 0
Miguel NicolelisNext thing you know, we're like the computer people for the movie industry in the Twin Cities Votes: 0
Robert StephensChildren don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games. Votes: 0
Toyo ItoThe chakras are very intelligent â they are like the software of the whole computer body. Votes: 0
Dharma MittraNot since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter. Votes: 0
Robin InceFrom then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it. Votes: 0
Grace HopperLadies and gentlemen.â He [Jabba] sighed. âMeet the kamikaze of computer invaders...the worm. Votes: 0
Dan BrownI'm not really a computer guy. It's like recess. I'd rather be outside getting dirty in the sandbox. Votes: 0
Matt BarrAn integral part of any best friend's job is to immediately clear your computer history if you die. Votes: 0
Darynda JonesJust about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it. Votes: 0
Bill JoyThe best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. Votes: 0
Wernher von BraunIf you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective. Votes: 0
Terry MosherThe value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank. Votes: 0
John CaleAlthough I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingScience is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. Votes: 0
Donald KnuthI can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car. Votes: 0
Mike O'MalleyWhen I write a record, I don't even touch a computer. I don't even bring my cell phone. Votes: 0
Jason MolinaI like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter. Votes: 0
David DuchovnyI have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet. Votes: 0
Alex TrebekI'm always happy when I see something written on an album that wasn't just typed on a computer. Votes: 0
Neil FarberI spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80. Votes: 0
Ernest ClineI am a print addict. I have an ebook and a computer but I remain hooked on print. Votes: 0
Annalena McAfeeA computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary. Votes: 0
Jef RaskinThe computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them. Votes: 0
Hal FinneyShutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale. Votes: 0
John WatersI usually have to be home by 10 o'clock and my mom takes my computer away at 10.30pm every night. Votes: 0
Justin BieberAs the people grow colder, I turn to my computer and spend my evenings with it like a friend. Votes: 0
Kate BushI spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it. Votes: 0
Clifford StollI use the computer as a paintbrush. It enables me to do in hours what would have taken months. Votes: 0
Leon MaxNo computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed! Votes: 0
Matthew McConaugheyI couldn't tell you in any detail how my computer works. I use it with a layer of automation. Votes: 0
Conrad WolframI proudly tell people, 'I have no computer,' so as not to be ashamed of having no computer. Votes: 0
Tom StoppardI don't have a computer. I don't know anything about that. I don't even know what a website is. Votes: 0
Michael BiehnThe kind of teacher who is afraid that they are going to be replaced by a computer should be. Votes: 0
Michael FullanTitle everything you do, if for no other reason than so you can find it again on your computer. Votes: 0
James GurneyVirtual reality might be able to give you a way of doing hands-on to construct ideas in a computer. Votes: 0
Owsley StanleyFORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. Votes: 0
Alan Perlis3D is like a computer. Every six months that computer that was state of the art is now obsolete. Votes: 0
Carl MazzoconeThere is nothing to writing, all you have to do is, sit on the computer and bleed your thoughts. Votes: 0
Santosh KalwarIn the original computer game of Doom, you not only have to kill things. You have to pulverise them. Votes: 0
Rosamund PikeIt is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too. Votes: 0
Eugene WignerI find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook. Votes: 0
Noah BaumbachHere's my library, where I don't do a lot of reading but mostly play Angry Birds on the computer. Votes: 0
J. LynnNo one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'. Votes: 0
Danielle BerryI log out of Twitter on my computer so I have to log in and then I log back out. Votes: 0
Jen KirkmanI play a lot of computer games. I love computer graphics. I've had Pixar in me for a long time. Votes: 0
Robin WilliamsI see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?' Votes: 0
William ShatnerThe computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. Votes: 0
Hal AbelsonI don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeI like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines. Votes: 0
Ben GibbardThe world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age. Votes: 0
Joe CockerIs it possible for g.r to put the g.r page back into my computer because I lost the data. Votes: 0
Vincent CollinsI am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going. Votes: 0
Wally LambI still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand. Votes: 0
Natalie GoldbergA computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind. Votes: 0
Joseph WeizenbaumDer Computer ist die logische Weiterentwicklung des Menschen: Intelligenz ohne Moral.
Osborne, John JamesDer Computer und seine Bedienung sind eine neue Kulturtechnik wie Schreiben und Rechnen.
Biedenkopf, Kurt Hans