Computer Quotes

"Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer"

Robert Lanza, Scientist

"The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii"

Buffy Sainte-Marie

"To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach"

Bill Sienkiewicz, Artist

"Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive"

Buffy Sainte-Marie

"When we draw on the tablet, the drawing shows up on the computer screen. If we have chosen to tell the computer that the stylist is to behave like a piece of chalk, or a pen, or a wet brush, it will"

Buffy Sainte-Marie

"Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the problem of consciousness was about the most interesting problem out there for science to come to grips with"

David Chalmers, Philosopher

"The computer would do anything you programmed it to do"

Vinton Cerf, Inventor

"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot"

Dave Barry, Author

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

Dave Barry, Author

"I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games"

Magnus Carlsen

"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer"

Paul R. Ehrlich, Scientist

"We don't want to turn the TV into a computer"

Steve Case, Businessman

"We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body"

Ray Kurzweil, Inventor

"I've got a computer, but I won't go near it"

Jo Stafford, Musician

"Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time"

Jack Kilby, Scientist

"So evidently music was a killer app and is a killer app for computer and the Internet; it just took the tech industry a long time to hear that message"

Thomas Dolby, Musician

"I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with"

Paul Kane, Writer

"You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing"

Roy Romer, Politician

"I'm not computer literate. I e-mail. I know how to get on the Web, but I haven't crossed over into the internet world. I'm old-fashioned, I guess"

Katie Holmes, Actress

"A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn"

David Wilkerson, Clergyman

"There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully"

Fred Saberhagen, Author

"I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm still interested in computer games as something I would like to work on someday"

Fred Saberhagen, Author

"A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm"

Jef Raskin, Scientist

"I thank God for not making me a computer scientist"

Daniel J. Bernstein, Mathematician

"Some people may have noticed the new computer shelf at the anchor desk. Rather than phone calls, we want to take real time e-mails, and we'll be starting that very soon"

Catherine Crier, Journalist

"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, Musician

"I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone"

Sebastian Bach, Musician

"Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?"

Clifford Stoll, Author

"A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding"

William Gibson, Writer

"In some industry markets, high quality can be tied to making more money, but I am sure by now all of us know the computer industry is not like that"

Theo de Raadt, Scientist

"The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age"

Joe Cocker, Musician

"At this moment I do not have a personal relationship with a computer"

Janet Reno, Public Servant

"But I said wait a minute, I'm going to get a computer, I can do this as well as anybody else. So I did some studying so I knew what kind of boards to get to put a PC together. But there was a guy sitting there with Apple. I said, 'what's that?' and he goes, 'Apple with 128k, it's all built into the box,' and I bought it. That was my first computer"

Sinbad, Comedian

"My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts"

Jack Prelutsky, Poet

"You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s"

Paul Kantner, Musician

"The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing marches on. They know that they are going to make an enormous amount of money from it"

Thomas Dolby, Musician

"Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!"

Patty Murray, Politician

"I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months ago and am fascinated with the possibilities. I don't know what I would do without it now"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank"

John Cale, Musician

"I am the farthest thing from a computer genius"

Jonathan Brandis, Actor

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