Computers quotes

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◆ I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'

- Elayne Boosler100

◆ 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.

- Bill Gates100

◆ Women are like a computer virus... they enter your life, scan your pockets, transfer your money, edit your mind, download their problems, delete your smile and hang your life!

- 100

◆ We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store, transform and transmit data, the lowest cognitive form, has expanded literally beyond comprehension. Understanding and wisdom are largely forgotten as we struggle under an avalanche of data and information.

- Dee Hock99

◆ What do you call a computer that can sing? A dell.

- 99

◆ The greatest thing that has ever come from this technological era is the 'Clear History' option on computers.

- 99

◆ Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

- Linus Torvalds99

◆ ¦ [I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me na¯ve, but I seemed to have underestimated the universal desire to sit in a hard plastic chair and stare at a screen until your eyes cross.

- David Sedaris99

◆ Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive

- Joseph Weizenbaum99

◆ The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge workers and homes and building standards that connect all of those together. The key piece in the center is trustworthy systems, systems that do what you expect on an extremely reliable basis. So in each of these areas we have new scenarios, new ways that people will be using their computers that they never did before.

- Bill Gates99

◆ We should set a national goal of making computers and Internet access available for every American . . . we must help all Americans gain the skills they need to make the most of the connection.

- Bill Gates99

◆ Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns.

- Mitch Ratcliffe99

◆ Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.

- Sam Ewing99

◆ It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

- Al Pacino99

◆ My computer goes down on me more often than my girlfriend.

- Robert Paul99