Computers Quotes

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

For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless, and then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, […]

Suppose for a moment that the automobile industry had developed at the same rate as computers and over the same period: how much cheaper and more efficient would the current models be? If you have not already heard the analogy, the answer is shattering. Today you would be able to buy a Rolls-Royce for $2.75, […]

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it. (1945)

You can tell how far we have to go, when FORTRAN is the language of supercomputers.

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy.

Computer : a million morons working at the speed of light.

Don’t ask a man what kind of computer he uses. If it’s a Macintosh, he’ll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

The problem with computers is that we play with them.

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals with out the software.