Computer Quotes

“I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.”

“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”

“You can do things with computers that you can't do with anything else. It's a unique instrument.”

“A computer can be a good chess partner, but it can never be a creative opponent.”

“What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the key.”

“If you can make a computer do something, you understand it.”

“That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.”

“The computer has no soul. It can’t create beauty, it can only calculate.”

“A computer is not a thing, it is an environment.”

“We should be looking at computers as communicating devices, and networking is a key to that.”

“The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.”

“The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.”

“I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.”

“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.”

“The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate.”

“The personal computer was not designed for speculative research, but for prosaic applications.”

“The home computer is the most important product of the second half of the 20th century.”

“Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.”

“I think that the power of the computer is not to do things that are beyond our ken, but to do things that are just beyond our ken.”

“That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.”