266 Quotes Regarding Computers


Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
Doug Larson

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.
Dave Barry

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.
Dave Barry

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
Brian Eno

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
Jean Rostand

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.
Danielle Berry

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.
Jack Welch

It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.
Thabo Mbeki

It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.
Mike Royko

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Edsger Dijkstra

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.
Erykah Badu

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.
Nicholas Negroponte

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software.
Arthur C. Clarke

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
Dan Rather

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.
Niklaus Wirth

Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.
Philip Emeagwali

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
Adam Osborne

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
Seth Lloyd

I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it.
Marc Jacobs