“I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I'm on the computer when the story 'hits', I open a Word document and start typing until I get it all out. I've got tons of notes that I never throw out. You never know when a story will strike!” IfsKnowsStoriesComputerNotesStrikesVacationDocumentsTypingNotepads Author:Franny Armstrong
“If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWritingGoalViewsComputerDefinedKnow MeRobots Author:Tao Lin
“My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world. My children look at me for a question and then they quickly look away because they know that I'm not going to know how to make Super Mario or do anything.” KnowsWorldWellsLooksChildrenHas BeensWholeKnow HowComputerWhole LifeMy ChildrenLook At MeMarioSuper Mario Author:Kevin Costner
“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
“John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful. ..... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy. I remember the album cover and the name, but the music didn't fit into the patterns of my brain at that point. It was like someone trying to tell a monkey about spirituality or computers, you know, it just didn't compute.” KnowsTryingMindFirstsStillsRememberSpiritualityNamesPowerfulBrainHeardCenturyFitComputerMusicianFirst TimeConcernedPatternsAlbumsSupremeToneDemonMarsMonkeysAssaultGalaxyVery PowerfulLeashesColtraneAlbum CoversGreatest Musician Author:Carlos Santana
“I know how to turn it on [computer]. I know where the disc goes: in that little slot but I can't always get it out. And I have three genius-level computer savvy kids who save my ass all the time. I'll tell you what I don't do. I don't watch the news on TV anymore. I get my news online. And like all of you, I Google whoever I want.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanKidsTurnsThreeLevelsWatchesKnow HowTvsGeniusComputerNewsAssOnlineGoogleSavvyDiscs Author:Bruce Willis
“I don't know how to animate on the computer, and I'm really grateful that I worked with a couple of other guys. We called it our triumvirate, John Kahrs and Clay Kaytis, who really understood computer animation but loved and embraced hand drawn, which is Disney's heritage.” KnowsHandsGuyKnow HowCoupleComputerUnderstoodGratefulHeritageClayAnimationOther GuysComputer Animation Author:Glen Keane
“KRS-One is one of my favorite rappers ever. I actually don't even know why I have this on my computer, but I do. I really like this album, Criminal Minded.” KnowsComputerMy FavoriteAlbumsCriminalsRapperKrs One Author:Girl Talk
“I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.)” KnowsFirstsHalfComputerLatePressesDecadesReviewsLinuxColumnistsShoppers Author:Charles Stross
“Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.” IfsKnowsWritingDealsComputerStructureProgrammingIngredientsRecipesComputer Programming Author:Larry Wall
“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
“It's nice the know the computer understands the situation, but I would like to understand it too.” KnowsSituationNiceComputer Author:Eugene Wigner
“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
“I definitely prefer directing, hands down. I'm a lazy writer and it wasn't until I got into directing that I now have a real impetus when I'm sitting at my computer. Now that I know what it's like to get to bring characters and their stories to fruition, I'm addicted. I'm a junkie. I want more.” KnowsWantRealCharacterStoriesHandsComputerSittingLazyJunkieFruitionImpetus Author:Coley Sohn
“I can't stand cell phones and I don't know one single thing about the computer. I have a friend come that lives in my building to check if I have emails. I don't even know what to google.” IfsKnowsI CanBuildingComputerPhonesChecksCellsGoogleEmailCell Phone Author:Brigid Berlin
“You must accept that if the computer is a tool, it is the job of tool user to know what to use it for.” IfsKnowsUseJobsAcceptingComputerToolsUsers Author:Peter Drucker
“Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.” PeopleKnowsUseInterestTechnologyInformationComputerOppositesBe GoodInformation Technology Author:Andy Rooney
“Trying to get a read on Apple Computer is a lot like learning about quantum physics; you can never know Apple's position on a technology, and its direction, simultaneously.” KnowsTryingTechnologyPositionComputerPhysicsApplesQuantumQuantum Physics Author:Mark Pesce
“Children long to know that they are lovable. And there are ways that technology can help with that. But ultimately it's their relationships with their parents, their grandparents, their peers, and their teachers that help them to know that for sure. A child can learn the word "hug" and the letters h-u-g through a computer, but a computer can never give the child a hug.” KnowsWayGivingChildrenLongHelpingParentTechnologyTeacherComputerLettersHugPeersGrandparentLovable Author:Fred Rogers
“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
“What can you say about a man who leaps from a helicopter over Manhattan without a parachute in the hope that by increasing his heart rate he'll transform into an iridescent lime-green behemoth so he can take on an even bigger behemoth? That he knows he's living in a computer-generated universe in which gravity is a feeble suggestion and nothing is remotely at stake, and that when he hits the ground he'll be replaced by a special effect. The Incredible Hulk is weightless-as disposable as an Xbox game.” KnowsMenHeartUniverseGamesSpecialEffectsComputerBiggerGreenRateIncrediblesLeapStakesGravityReplacedSuggestionsManhattanHelicoptersSpecial EffectsDisposableParachutesLimesXboxHeart RateIridescentBehemothIncredible HulkLime Green Author:David Edelstein
“I don't even know how computer animation works, honestly, and I don't need to.” KnowsNeedsKnow HowComputerHonestlyAnimationComputer Animation Author:Dan Scanlon
“My theory is, I don't know how long it's going to be five or ten years, there will be only two ways to see a movie and that will either be on your computer through your TV screen or in the cinema, end of story. There will be no DVD, that's it, simple.” KnowsWayYearsLongTwoEndsStoriesSimpleKnow HowFiveTvsTheoryTenComputerScreensCinemaTwo WaysDvds Author:Eric Fellner
“Kids don't even know what it means that you have to watch a show on Thursday night at 9 o'clock, on any given network. You just put it on your DVR, or queue it up on your computer, and it's an on-demand and instant access world.” KnowsWorldMeanShowsKidsNightGivenWatchesDemandComputerAccessClockInstantThursdayQueuesThursday Night Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.” KnowsWellsHas BeensProblemKnow HowComputerUnderstoodComplexesComputer ScienceComplex Systems Author:Matt Blaze
“You're gonna check my computer records? Is that important? I don't think the government needs to know how I feel about teen Asian sluts in order to fight terrorism.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsImportantGovernmentOrderFightingKnow HowRecordsComputerTerrorismChecksAsian Author:Greg Giraldo
“Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.” KnowsNeedsUseLightTurnsKnow HowComputerPlantPhonesNuclearShowersTelephonesTurn-onPhone CallsNuclear PowerDamsPower PlantsHooverHoover Dam Author:Scott McNealy
“You really feel like you're on the cutting edge and you know you are because all the camera equipment you take for granted doesn't exist for 3-D. So all the cranes with all the stabilized heads, they don't work on 3-D because they're all built for lightweight camera packages. As soon as you kind of put two cameras together and all the other crap that they need and the cabling to go back to the computers, we've literally, the cranes on these movies, they break after a couple of days.” KnowsNeedsFeelsKindTwoTogetherBreakCuttingLike YouCoupleComputerBuiltCamerasEdgesGrantedCrapEquipmentPackagesCutting EdgeCranes Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.' I know how to check my e-mail, and I've listed some phone numbers on it. Half the time the battery has gone out so I can't use it.” KnowsYearsSaidI CanUseNumbersHalfKnow HowGoneComputerOkayPhonesChecksPilotsMailPalmsBatteriesPhone Numbers Author:Marc Jacobs
“There's book smart, there is street smart, there's relationship smart, there's too many different kinds of smarts to know all of them. Everybody doesn't know every kind of smart. There's money smart, there's movie smart, there's computer smart. There's just too many different kinds of smarts for people to know all the smarts.” PeopleKnowsKindBookDifferentStreetsComputerSmartDifferent KindsStreet Smart Author:J. B. Smoove
“A lot of it starts with playing instruments and working with other people. Some of the new generation is doing it on computers and they don't have a clue as to how to play anything. That's probably one of the problems. They don't know how to make the melody, go through the chord changes. They're not starting from that same school of thought.” PeopleKnowsPlayProblemSchoolKnow HowGenerationsComputerInstrumentsStartingMelodyClueChordsNew GenerationWorking With OthersPlaying Instruments Author:Ray Parker, Jr.
“It's not what you know about the computer that's important, but your ability to do things with it. By studying French in an academic setting, you get to know a lot about it, but typically, you can't express yourself well or have an interesting conversation with it.” KnowsWellsImportantAbilityInterestingStudyConversationComputerSettingSettingsAcademicExpress YourselfInteresting Conversation Author:Seymour Papert
“Similarly, computer literacy courses tend to produce computer people who know a lot about computers or a piece of software but they don't help people become fluent with the machine.” PeopleKnowsHelpingCoursesPiecesProduceComputerMachinesSoftwareLiteracyFluentComputer Literacy Author:Seymour Papert
“There are times where I would keep three typewriters on a table, and I'd have three complete thoughts going. With computers, you make folders, files - I don't know about those things. I have sheaves of paper polluted with words and paragraphs. I found it a good tool for me. And it keeps your hands strong for guitar playing.” KnowsHandsThreeFoundStrongPaperComputerToolsTablesGuitarFilesParagraphTypewritersGuitar PlayingFolders Author:Eddie Vedder
“Collections are certainly abundant online. It's complicated, because it's not like these people didn't want computers, although there was some nonchalance about it. I would sometimes ask the people I interviewed if they wished they had a computer, and in a lot of cases, it was like they couldn't process the question. You don't know what you don't have, I guess.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantSometimesAsksProcessCasesComputerComplicatedCollectionsOnlineNonchalance Author:Miranda July
“Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHas BeensBigsBehindsProudComputerVictimBrilliantCampaignsMarchBullyingCommentNastyHurtfulCyberCyber Bullying Author:Katherine Jenkins
“Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth... and what you tell it.” KnowsMindDifferencesCommonOne ThingComputer Author:Ken Blanchard
“Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new ideas and insights to occur. If you don't know what comes next in the story... clean your toilet. Change the bed sheets. For Christ sakes, dust the computer. A better idea will come.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingWritingIdeasStoriesNextChristBreakBedComputerTasksCleanSakeInsightDustThoughtfulNew IdeasDishesSheetsToiletsWashingLaundryMindlessBed Sheets Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Whenever I work on the computer, I have folders and you know how you always give everything working titles, if you have a riff or a motif or a chord progression or a lyric written on a page, it's just a line or a word or something so I always give everything a working title when I'm making a folder.” IfsKnowsGivingLinesKnow HowWrittenComputerPagesTitlesChordsProgressionMotifsFolders Author:Page Hamilton
“If I am used to looking at a paper chart and finding information that I know approximately where I'm going to look at that and now I have to go to a computer and find it a different way.” IfsKnowsWayLooksDifferentUsedInformationPaperFindingsComputerDifferent Ways Author:William Davis
“I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just gotten a Mac for their art department, the department that creates the book covers. I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York. They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, "Me." He was like, "The box guy?"” KnowsKindArtSaidTwoBookUseWantedJobsMovingArtistGuySidesCompanyNew YorkOne DayDirectorsComputerBoxesHeavyBoardsDepartmentReviewsLunchPublishingBostonJacketsMacsBook CoversArt Director Author:Biz Stone
“You don't have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information. Maybe, it is as simple as once in a while glancing down at the device that's invaluable to you or many reasons, catching up, or it lets you know when you should know something. But as these things get better and we get more connected in it, it will get more sophisticated.” KnowsShouldReasonSimpleInformationComputerConnectedGet BetterOver YouDevicesSophisticatedCatchingConsumingInvaluableCatching Up Author:Biz Stone
“In actuality it's drum samples in the computer. I don't know, I've just never really dug into that whole technology thing, I feel like it hurts me as a musician a little.” KnowsFeelsLittlesWholeHurtTechnologyComputerMusicianIt HurtsHurt MeSampleActuality Author:The Rocket Summer
“In fact, there are autism clusters, you know, around some of the big tech centers. You take two socially awkward computer programmers and put them together, that can kind of concentrate the autistic genes.” KnowsKindTwoFactsBigsTogetherComputerGenesAwkwardAutismProgrammersAutisticComputer ProgrammersClustersSocially Awkward Author:Temple Grandin
“I'm seeing too many kids where they get fixated on their own autism. I'd rather have them get fixated that they like programming computers or they like art or they want to sing in the church choir or they want to train dogs, you know, something that they can turn into a career.” KnowsWantArtKidsTurnsChurchCareersSeeingDogComputerTrainProgrammingAutismChoirChurch Choir Author:Temple Grandin
“Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingEndsTomorrowComputerListsRitualDesksClosingWork Day Author:Daniel Kahneman
“There are certainly lots of jobs in computer coding, but coding doesn't really require advanced mathematics. And engineering jobs, they vary widely in the amount of demand that we actually need. So, you know, the number of people for whom the job description includes Newton's calculus is not perhaps that high.” PeopleKnowsNeedsJobsNumbersAmountDemandComputerMathematicsDescriptionEngineeringVaryNewtonCalculus Author:Anya Kamenetz
“We physicists know that the brain is a milliwatt transmitter of radio. We have computers that can decipher much of this gibberish coming from our brain and we could then use that to control computers.” KnowsUseBrainComputerRadioPhysicistDecipher Author:Michio Kaku
“I've appeared in those kind of films and have great fun doing it, and I'm always up for a challenge. I think with things like Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, those things are such an ensemble, it's not like I'm Ethan Hunt. I'm Benji. I'm the guy that does the computer business. I know my place.” ThinkingKnowsKindDoeFilmGuyFunStarsChallengesImpossibleComputerMissionsHuntsEnsembleMission Impossible Author:Simon Pegg
“When you work on a computer in the studio, it's almost like fossilizing on the spot, you know, the idea of getting solidified on the spot, like a snowflake might create branches by accumulation.” KnowsIdeasMightComputerStudiosSpotsBranchesAccumulationSnowflake Author:Rob Brown