Technology Quotes

When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.

Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.

Fifty years of programming language research, and we end up with C++?

Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that

To iterate is human, to recurse divine.

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

If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.

We have yet to see the full impact of the open, global marketplace. By 1997 all raw materials and technology will be available everywhere in the world. The only differences between countries and markets will be skill levels, education, and the level of empowerment of the workplace.

Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well.

Crap... Someone knocked over my recycle bin... There's icons all over my desktop...

I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is completely disproportionate to its size. We are the undisputed leaders of technological change. But with our abundance of talent and resources, we also have the opportunity to be the pioneers of social change and, ultimately, this may be our greatest contribution.

There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.

Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.

Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return.

Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.

Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?

My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.

Ever notice how fast Windows runs ? — Neither did I.