Quotes About Technology

What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

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

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no government subsidised commission of engineers and physicists could create a worm.

Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

We are trapped in technology because we are so unbelievably impressed by technology ... Technology is not the problem, our approach to technology is the problem.

Use the technology which the engineer as developed, but use it with a humble and questioning spirit. Never allow technology to be your master, and never use it to gain mastery over others.

In the early days of space travel, one interesting problem emerged from experiments with weightlessness. Americans found that ... normal ink pen would not work without gravity feed. Scientists undertook extensive research, finally developed high-technology pen to work in conditions of no gravity. In Russia, scientist faced with the same problem found a different solution. Instead of pen, they used pencil.

She drove off in typical L.A. fashion, foot flat on the gas and a cell phone pressed against one ear.

El único problema sería, tal vez, que la alfarería se haga a corto plazo por computadora o por internet. O por robots. Que Dios (que no existe) nos asista».

Sabe qué es lo más indicado para curar la nostalgia? El confort. Esta sensación de que usted aprieta un botón y el mundo le responde.

En este mundo tan codificado con internet y otras navegaciones, yo sigo prefiriendo el viejo beso artesanal que desde siempre comunica tanto.

There might be a Starbucks on every corner and an iPhone at every ear, but don't worry, people are still fucking crazy.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side.