Technology Quotes

As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

They should never have entered him in that computer. It's just common sense? that's the bottom line. I don't think it should have gotten this far.

There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

Technology presumes there's just one right way to do things and there never is.

I also introduce skills like using a hula hoop or jumping rope. I think many kids this age need a break from the computer or video games to learn these very important physical skills.

Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense.

For systems, the analogue of a face-lift is to add to the control graph an edge that creates a cycle, not just an additional node.

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.

Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.

If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.

Overall, OS/2's problems fall into two categories: IBM and Microsoft.

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple.

Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

The computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

Writing code has a place in the human hierarchy worth somewhere above grave robbing and beneath managing.

Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.

Computers are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows.

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.