“It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in five years.”— John von Neumann
“At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.”— Charles Babbage
“Nanotechnology has been moving a little faster than I expected, virtual reality a little slower.”— Ralph Merkle
“We can't be an eternal developing country. We are going to be a developed country.”— Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”— Alan Turing
“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.”— Jane Addams
“Science progresses not by the accumulation of knowledge but by the replacement of conventional wisdom.”— Philip Warren Anderson
“The great object is to find a path to a better future, but we are not going to do that if we are always looking at the road signs. We have to look ahead.”— Poul Anderson
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”— Thomas Edison