266 Quotes Regarding Computers


Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.
Clifford Stoll

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

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
Jef Raskin

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.
Bill Budge

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.
Eugene Jarvis

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.
Miguel de Icaza

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.
Nicholas Negroponte

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
Ken Olsen

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul R. Ehrlich

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!
Jonathan Shapiro

You can't trust the internet.
Nicolette Sheridan

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.
George Stephen

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.
Jim Clark

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.
Issey Miyake

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.
Larry Ellison

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing you're screwed'.
Bruce Schneier

Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.
Bob Taft

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.
Adam Osborne

I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.
Jeff Hawkins

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