“I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.” ThinkingLife IsSacredAbortionPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Tim Kaine
“In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.” PersonsDifferentStatesHomeHouseParentBillsPerformingAbortionMinorsHome StateNotify Author:Virgil Goode
“I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.” ThinkingWellsPrinciplesIssuesRightsEconomicGayAreasAnalysisAbortionConsistentGay Rights Author:William Weld
“Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards.” ComputerStandards Author:Alan Bennett
“To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, and as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.” PeopleMindHumansHuman BeingsTreeSpecialRocksObjectsComputerTreatsFunctionInstinctBehaveSufficientKicksHuman MindExhibitsCognitiveInteractingSentient Beings Author:Alan Cooper
“Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces. As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us. In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won't dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.” ImportantRunningTurnsPowerfulOur LivesModernComputerTasksMachinesDareCornersMonstersDependentHopefulAnnoyingAwkwardOld FashionedTemptedModern LifeLeaksInterfacesTacklingInvading Book:The Inmates are Running the Asylum Source: The Inmates are Running the Asylum
“One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, "My little computer said such a funny thing this morning".” LittlesSaidWalksMorningOne DayComputerParksFunny ThingsWalks In The Park Author:Alan Turing
“If you don't handle [exceptions], we shut your application down. That dramatically increases the reliability of the system.” IfsComputerIncreaseHandleExceptionApplicationReliability Author:Anders Hejlsberg
“Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.” ThinkingCan DoMagicComputer Author:Angelina Jolie
“The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.” ProblemBornComputerSolveComputingComputer SoftwareFunny Computer Author:Bill Gates