“At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.” FeelsEndsBigsCan DoComputerArenaFeels Right Author:Ed O'Brien
“I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.” Can DoCompanyTroubleComputer Author:Eckhard Pfeiffer
“The first human-to-computer uploads of 2100 will prove that a perfect simulation is the thing being simulated - that a silicon soul doesn't need a physical body to inhabit. So eventually everybody who ever lived will be resurrected inside a living machine indistinguishable from God. Isn't it amazing what you can do with unlimited hard-disk space?” NeedsFirstsHumansSoulHardBodyCan DoSpacePerfectProveComputerMachinesUnlimitedSiliconPhysical BodySimulationDisk Author:Frank J. Tipler
“Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.” MayBookKidsReadingGamesCan DoAttentionTechnologyMediaTelevisionTvsComputerEntertainmentNew TechnologyReading For KidsComputer GamesElectronic Media Author:Jon Scieszka
“One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible.” ThinkingKindIdeasRunningTodayCan DoImpossibleOne ThingComputerDrawsDinosaurs Author:John Badham
“You’re going to have some very amazing capabilities in the economy. When we have computers that can do more and more jobs, it’s going to change how we think about work. There’s no way around that. You can’t wish it away.” ThinkingWayJobsWishCan DoEconomyComputerCapability Author:Larry Page
“I type 40 words per minute on a normal computer with my left foot. And with two cups of coffee, I can do 53 words per minute.” I CanTwoLeftCan DoFeetMinutesTypeNormalComputerCoffeeCupsCoffee Cup Author:Nick Vujicic
“When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.” PeopleCan DoImagineGroupsComputerProgramIncrediblesJoining Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“Indeed, being a beginner is very difficult right now. Book publishers are in a crisis, sales are dwindling, and publishing houses are losing money, doing their best to survive. It's a sign of the times, the emergence of new kinds of entertainment -- there's nothing we can do about it. I don't think books will perish for good. They could become less widespread, though, falling even further behind movies and computer games. But we shouldn't be afraid of this, because books will always remain the entertainment of choice for intelligent people, of whom there are still many in this world.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindStillsBookChoicesFallGamesHouseDifficultCan DoBehindsThis WorldRight NowComputerLosingIntelligentCrisisEntertainmentPublishingPublishersEmergenceBeginnersComputer GamesLosing MoneyPublishing House Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.” WayWellsLooksHandsStuffCan DoRoomsComputerIndependentDrawingPlentyImperfectionAnimationAmazing ThingsReally AmazingSlickAnimatorPixarComputer Animation Author:Matt Groening
“Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.” YearsDoneHomeCan DoModernRocksWallComputerYears AgoRock N RollAdolescenceModern LifeRock N Roll Music Author:Russell Baker
“The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but you have to do it, and the same is with the computer.” KnowsWantUsedCan DoComputerUsed To BePencils Author:Massimo Vignelli
“Nowadays we can do computer experiments using Mathematica, and even solve a system of 42 equations. This offers another route to knowledge, rather than mere ideas.” IdeasScienceCan DoOffersComputerMathematicsMereSolveExperimentsRoutesEquations Author:John Forbes Nash
“I love the process of cutting everything out with a scalpel yourself: I don't want to have my stencils drawn up in Illustrator, then laser-cut. I like the fact that it's slightly wrong; I think it gives it a beauty. The individual and handmade will always be worth more than what a computer can do, at least until computers can learn how to make mistakes.” ThinkingWantGivingFactsIndividualProcessCan DoMistakeCuttingComputerMaking MistakesLasersIllustratorsScalpelsHandmade Author:Ben Eine
“It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.” PeopleUseTodayCan DoPaperComputerSimplicityPencils Author:Richard P. Feynman
“The first job I ever did in the theatre, I was supposed to be a genius piano player. I couldn't play the piano, but you just sit there at a piano like you're playing, and suddenly all this amazing music comes out and the audience believes you can do it. It's the same with computers. I love scenes where there are people yanking at monitors, "yes I'll put you through now," and you know they're just doing that. But you can look brilliant at all this technology. I love it.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveLooksPlayJobsCan DoTechnologyAudiencePlayerLike YouGeniusSceneComputerTheatreBrilliantSupposed To BePianoYou Can Do ItBelieve You CanAmazing Music Author:Michael Sheen
“Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge that when one thing happens, another thing happens as a result. It's an accumulation of simple patterns. A dog can learn patterns. There is no "why&rdqo"; in those examples. We don't understand why electricity travels. We don't know why light travels at a constant speed forever. All we can do is observe and record patterns.” KnowsLightHappensScienceUnderstandingCan DoSimpleResultsKnowledgeForeverRecordsOne ThingDogExampleNeededComputerMachinesConstantPatternsSpeedThings HappenInventionShipsElectricityRocketsAccumulation Author:Scott Adams
“I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.” IfsThinkingUseAsksCan DoWonderCreativityComputerCapacityRemarkableCapabilityFractionsPersonal Computers Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher
“All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?” ThinkingWorldWantKidsAgeTodaySchoolGrowsCan DoHoursGrowing UpComputerBirthday60th BirthdayCurfew Author:James Hillman
“I think what we can do is to develop this incredible computer that we have on our heads, because it's endless. It's just the most brilliant thing we have to develop, and know that we have the power over all of it.” ThinkingKnowsCan DoComputerIncrediblesBrilliantEndless Author:Goldie Hawn
“Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to do, and I do find it fun to communicate with people. It's quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don't know how important it is in terms of one's career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it's nice to communicate.” PeopleKnowsWorldImportantSeemsFunEasyTermCan DoCareersKnow HowNiceComputerDirectPhonesCommunicateContactAirportsSuperfluousWherever You Are Author:Boy George
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” MenInspirationalWisdomInspirationMotivationalScienceCan DoWorkBusinessTechnologyStrengthHard WorkComputerOrdinaryMachinesExtraordinaryIndividualityFiftyEngineersOutstandingHippieBest WorkHuman ResourcesScience And TechnologyOrdinary ManMotivational WorkLabor DayModern TechnologyComputer TechnologyScience TechnologyTechnology And EducationOrdinary Extraordinary Author:Elbert Hubbard
“I went to a website the other day and right at the top of the page it showed me my ip address. It was the most disturbing moment I have ever experienced. This website even told me what internet browser I was using, and what day it was. Computers can do anything.” MomentsCan DoInternetComputerPagesAddressesDisturbingWebsiteBrowsers Author:Edward Snowden
“I am confident that we can do better than GUIs because the basic problem with them (and with the Linux and Unix interfaces) is that they ask a human being to do things that we know experimentally humans cannot do well. The question I asked myself is, given everything we know about how the human mind works, could we design a computer and computer software so that we can work with the least confusion and greatest efficiency?” KnowsMindHumansWellsProblemAsksGivenCan DoHuman BeingsDesignComputerConfusionHuman MindSoftwareEfficiencyLinuxInterfacesUnixComputer Software Author:Jef Raskin
“Writing a computer virus program is child's play. Any fool can do it, which is why the silly little twerps who do have nothing to be proud of.” WritingChildrenLittlesPlayCan DoFoolProudComputerProgramSillyBe ProudVirusesSilly LittleComputer Viruses Author:Richard Dawkins
“An artist creates songs and timeless moments that are reflections that impact culture, and you can do that in any way - with guitars, ukelele, a computer. So, that will never die. It's always the artist behind the computer, not the computer.” WayMomentsArtistSongDiesCultureCan DoBehindsComputerReflectionImpactGuitarTimeless Author:Skrillex
“The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!” EndsPlayHomeAbleCan DoWatchesPossibilityTelevisionComputerFemalePhonesMortalsWrestlingVietnamShoppingIntegratingLouvreMortal Kombat Author:Jim Carrey
“What the computer can do in art and design has turned aesthetics on its head... with the computer, things are not so much created as they are produced, with the producer-director becoming the star and the controlling force of much that was in other hands at other times.” ArtHandsForceStarsCan DoDesignBecomingDirectorsComputerProducersAesthetics Author:Nicholas von Hoffman
“Before, the myth of photography doesn't lie was used in order to cover up tricks. If I [make a] portrait [of] you, accommodate you, illuminate you, put make up on you or use a filter, am I not manipulating reality? The only difference is that now I can do it from the computer in the postclick instead of the preclick. If I decide to photograph something instead of something else, I also manipulate reality. Of course a photograph can lie or commit abuse, but it always could.” IfsI CanUseRealityUsedLyingOrderCoursesCan DoDifferencesComputerPhotographyAbusePhotographMythTricksCommitPortraitsManipulateFiltersAccommodateI Can Do ItCover Ups Author:Pedro Meyer
“Computers can do better than ever what needn't be done at all. Making sense is still a human monopoly.” HumansStillsDoneCan DoComputerMake SenseMonopoly Book:Take today; the executive as dropout Source: Take today; the executive as dropout
“Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things.” WayNeedsTwoPlayCan DoCompanyRecordsComputerExcitingImpactRadioTwo ThingsBedroomPirateCan Do SomethingRecord CompaniesPirate Radio Author:Kieran Hebden
“Today, a group of 20 individuals empowered by the exponential growing technologies of AI and robotics and computers and networks and eventually nanotechnology can do what only nation states could have done before.” StatesDoneTodayIndividualNationsCan DoTechnologyGrowingGroupsComputerEmpoweredRoboticsNanotechnology Author:Peter Diamandis
“The brain, being analog, is able to grasp images so much better. The brain is just designed for comparing images and some patterns - patterns in space and patterns in time - which we do amazingly well. Computers can do it, too, but not in anything like the same kind of flexibility.” WellsKindAbleCan DoSpaceBrainComputerPatternsCompareFlexibilityAnalog Author:Freeman Dyson
“With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we can do something about America being ranked 29th in the world in terms of our level of education.” IfsWorldAmericaTermCan DoLevelsTechnologyLandComputerCan Do SomethingTablets Author:LeVar Burton
“We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you have to decide for all English literature or no literature, all philosophy or no philosophy. But we have a system that is one part general education and one part specialization. If your parents say you've got to major in computer science, you can do that. But you can also take general education courses in the humanities, and usually you have to.” IfsArtCountryStatesPhilosophyHumanityCoursesLiteratureParentCan DoUnitedUnited StatesLuckyComputerMajorsUniversityComputer ScienceEnglish LiteratureSpecializationLiberal ArtsGeneral Education Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying "Blood...blood...blood...blood...” HumansCan DoHuman BeingsBloodComputerAggressiveCounting Book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.” IfsKnowsTryingHumansCan DoTechnologyComputerErrorsHuman ErrorErr Is Human Book:Hallowe'en party Source: Hallowe'en party
“I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket.” PeopleIfsWantGivingLooksSaidStillsBookThreeCan DoCompanyNiceInternetPaperComputerPressesSmellComparePocketsJacketsBosomsManuscripts Author:Ray Bradbury