“There is no doubt that human survival will continue to depend more and more on human intellect and technology. It is idle to argue whether this is good or bad. The point of no return was passed long ago, before anyone knew it was happening.” HumansLongTechnologyDoubtDependsReturnComputerSurvivalHappeningsIntellectArguingNo DoubtLong AgoIdle Author:Theodosius Dobzhansky
“You have a great body. It is an intricate piece of technology and a sophisticated super-computer. It runs on peanuts and even regenerates itself. Your relationship with your body is one of the most important relationships you'll ever have. And since repairs are expensive and spare parts are hard to come by, it pays to make that relationship good.” ImportantHardBodyRunningPayTechnologyPiecesComputerYour BodyExpensiveOur RelationshipSophisticatedSparesPeanutsIntricateImportant RelationshipsSpare Parts Author:Steve Goodier
“Meditation should be the foremost technology of the 21st century; the technology of reprogramming the non-spatial universal computer.” ShouldTechnologyMeditationCenturyComputerUniversal21st CenturySpatial Author:Kedar Joshi
“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
“I've noticed that nowadays I'm doing a lot of stuff on the phone and on the computer, which I usually wouldn't do earlier. And I can feel my brain being rewired: I'm getting anxious, I'm getting more manic. Now, I'm an extreme case because I'm old and I'm overdoing it. But still, it's really interesting that I can actually feel a change in my neurochemistry from this interaction with the technology.” FeelsStillsI CanStuffInterestingBrainCasesTechnologyComputerPhonesExtremesAnxiousInteractionReally InterestingManicOverdoing It Author:George Saunders
“I like the aspect of technology. For me to spin the way I do, I would have to carry five crates of records with me everywhere I go, which in this day and age would be like two hundred extra dollars in baggage fees. All I need now is a hard drive and a computer and I can rock anywhere in the world.” WorldWayNeedsI CanTwoHardWould BeAgeTechnologyRecordsFiveRocksComputerHundredAspectDollarsExtrasThis DayBaggageFees Author:Neil Armstrong
“We are never without our technology. It surrounds us. It permeates our lives. We have powerful computers in our pockets, and we have been - you know, we are training our children from the youngest age to use social media, so it's something that comes very naturally to us.” KnowsChildrenHas BeensUseAgeSocialPowerfulTechnologyOur LivesMediaComputerTrainingOur ChildrenSocial MediaPocketsSurround Author:Lance Ulanoff
“All our technology - whether we use fax machines or computers or speak on phones or watch programs on television - is based on the premise that the essential nature of the material world is non-material.” WorldUseSpeakWatchesTechnologyTelevisionMaterialsEssentialsComputerProgramMachinesPhonesPremisesMaterial WorldFaxFax Machines Author:Deepak Chopra
“I write fiction longhand. That's not so much about rejecting technology as being unable to write fiction on a computer for some reason. I don't think I would write it on a typewriter either. I write in a very blind gut instinctive way. It just doesn't feel right. There's a physical connection. And then in nonfiction that's not the case at all. I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingI CanReasonHandsFictionCasesTechnologyImagineComputerConnectionsBlindGutsNonfictionTypewritersFeels RightRejectingWriting Nonfiction Author:Jennifer Egan
“The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMadeUseEffortSituationTechnologyTerribleComputerChinaFrustratedYoutubeComputer Technology Author:Ai Weiwei
“I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad... you should be a caveman."” ShouldSaidHumorFunnyParentRealizingTechnologyDadMetsComputerMy DadProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Mike Birbiglia
“People tend to personalize technology so they can't get to the systemic analysis. They say, "Oh, I can't give up my personal computer." Or, "I just love radio too much."” PeopleGivingI CanTechnologyToo MuchGiving UpComputerRadioAnalysisPersonal Computers Author:Chellis Glendinning
“All these computers, all these handhelds, all these cell phones, all these laptops, all these servers - what we're getting out of all these connections is we're getting one machine. ... We're constructing a single, global machine.” TechnologyComputerConnectionsMachinesPhonesCellsCell PhoneLaptopsServer Author:Kevin Kelly
“As network administrator I can take down the network with one keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky stuff on my paws.” I CanStuffTechnologyComputerDoctorsPawsAdministrators Author:Scott Adams
“While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together.” UseTogetherTechnologyTaughtMembersComputerFacultyJuniorsInstituteFaculty Members Author:Kenneth G. Wilson
“Atari always was a technology-driven company, and we were very keen on keeping the technological edge on everything. There's a whole bunch of things that we innovated. We made the first computer that did stamps or sprites, we did screen-mapping for the very first time, and a lot of stuff like that. We had some of the most sophisticated sound-creating systems, and were instrumental in MIDI.” FirstsMadeWholeStuffSoundCompanyTechnologyComputerCreatingFirst TimeEdgesDrivenScreensBunchSophisticatedTechnologicalStampsMappingAtariMidi Author:Nolan Bushnell
“Even if you have money, access to MoCap technology, and strong choreographic and computer-animation abilities, don't try to make a film like this if you don't have a lot of patience, perseverance and a deep affinity for risk-taking.” IfsTryingFilmStrongAbilityTechnologyRiskComputerPerseveranceAccessAnimationRisk-takingAffinityComputer Animation Author:Martine Epoque
“With each passing year, because of advances in computer technology, there are more things, each more sophisticated, that we aren't allowed to do any more.” YearsTechnologyComputerPassingPassingsSophisticatedComputer Technology Author:Paul Lutus
“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
“It was very challenging in terms of making sure that everyone is distinct. Also, we wanted to have some Asian influences as well, so that it really is a mashup. We want evidence of our presence in this world, so you'll see there's an interest in technology, that there are not complex electronics. There's electricity in this world, but computers, circuits don't work.” WorldWantWellsWantedTermInterestChallengesTechnologyInfluenceThis WorldComputerEvidenceComplexesElectricityAsianCircuitsElectronicsMashups Author:Miles Millar
“If you view computer designers as artists, they're really into more of an art form that can be mass-produced, like records, or like prints, than they are into fine arts. They want something where they can express themselves to a large number of people through their medium, and their medium is technology and manufacturing.” PeopleIfsWantArtFormArtistViewsNumbersTechnologyRecordsFineComputerMassMediumsDesignerPrintWant SomethingManufacturingFine ArtsLarge Numbers Author:Steve Jobs
“... I simply accept that technology is stronger and more powerful than me: it works when it wants to, and when it doesn't its best to go for a walk, and just wait until the cables and telephone links are in a better mood and the computer decides to work again. I am not, I have discovered, my computers master: it has a life of its own.” WantWaitingWalksPowerfulAcceptingTechnologyMastersComputerStrongerMoodLinksTelephonesCables Author:Paulo Coelho
“I love what I do, but I've got a life out of here. I like to spend time on the computer. I like technology. I like music. I like movies. I like to go out and party. I like my cigars, but I don't drink, and I do like to keep a low profile.” PartyTechnologyDrinkComputerLowsEnd TimesSpend TimeProfileCigar Author:Carlos Delgado
“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
“We no longer think of chairs as technology, we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often "crash" when we tried to use them. Before long, computers will be as trivial and plentiful as chairs and we will cease to be aware of the things. In fact I'm sure we will look back on this last decade and wonder how we could ever have mistaken what we were doing with them for "productivity"” ThinkingShouldLooksLongFactsUseLastsWonderTechnologyComputerShould HaveLegsDecadesProductivityCeaseChairsTallCrashMistakenPlentiful Author:Douglas Adams
“And I make no apology for linking my thinking with computer technology.” ThinkingTechnologyComputerApologyComputer Technology Author:Maxwell Frazer
“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
“In our world, we have so many ways we can escape with technology, like TV, Facebook, computers, text messaging and all that.” WorldWayTechnologyTvsComputerOur WorldText Messaging Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I love technology. Matches, to light a fire is really high tech. The wheel is REALLY one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that I am an ignoramus about technology. I once looked for the 'ON' button on the computer and came to find out it was on the back. Then I thought, anyone who would put the 'on' switch on the back, where you can't find it, doesn't do any good for my psyche. The one time I did get the computer on, I couldn't turn the damn thing off!” LightTurnsTechnologyFireComputerInventionAll TimeDamnWheelsOne TimeButtonsDamn ThingsGreat Inventions Author:William Shatner
“One paradox I have found is that, the more you use computers in picture-making, the more hand-made the picture becomes. Oddly, then, digital technology is leading, in my work at least, toward a greater reliance on handmaking because the assembly and montage of the various parts of the picture is done very carefully by hand.” MadeDoneUseHandsFoundTechnologyGreaterComputerVariousDigitalParadoxRelianceAssemblyDigital Technology Author:Jeff Wall
“... the reason we think that computer graphics technology has succeeded in faking reality is that we, over the course of the last hundred and fifty years, have come to accept the image of photography and film as reality.” ThinkingYearsReasonRealityLastsFilmCoursesAcceptingTechnologyComputerPhotographyHundredFiftyPhotography And FilmComputer Graphics Author:Lev Manovich
“It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.” SciencePowerfulTechnologyComputerMachinesWitty Book:The Crystal Bucket Source: The Crystal Bucket
“Our goal is to turn solar electric technologies into a commodity business like computer chips, and make them ubiquitous in the built environment. I'd couple this with a huge commitment to fundamental research in nanostructure to goose the next generation of more efficient, cheaper, dematerialized cells. And if I'm truly czar, I'd emphasize silicon technologies, as that approach is the one least likely to encounter material constraints in supplying an explosive global demand.” IfsTurnsNextGoalTechnologyEnvironmentGenerationsMaterialsHugeCoupleDemandComputerApproachResearchCommitmentBuiltFundamentalsCellsEncountersEfficientElectricCommodityChipsNext GenerationConstraintsCheaperGeeseExplosivesSiliconCzarsBuilt Environment Author:Denis Hayes
“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
“When I was in school, if you wanted a computer, you had to build one. But today, computers are everywhere. We're all obsessed with technology and having the latest gadgets. Nerd culture is ubiquitous.” IfsTodayWantedSchoolCultureTechnologyComputerObsessedNerdGadgets Author:Chris Hardwick
“It's to a younger people's advantage to work with evolving computer technologies that provide so many ways to explore the use and distribution of text, including sound, images and motion.” PeopleWayUseSoundTechnologyComputerAdvantageIncludingEvolveDistributionComputer Technology Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“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
“In the world of computers and just devices in general, the lifespan, or the shelf life, is relatively short just because technology moves so fast and the costs drop so quickly and the power, whether it's computing power or memory rises very, very quickly.” WorldMovingLife IsMemoriesTechnologyCostComputerDevicesShelvesComputingShelf Life Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“Over my career, I'd say the last 25 years; we've gone from music and computer being for 10 people in the world to having personal computers, to now being able to do amazing things on your iPhone, or with Rock Band. So, right now there's enormous capability with technology in our devices that everybody has access to.” PeopleWorldYearsAbleLastsCareersTechnologyGoneRocksRight NowBandComputerAccessEnormousDevicesCapabilityAmazing ThingsIphoneRock BandsPersonal Computers Author:Tod Machover
“In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the customer's shifting idea of what their problem is.” IfsIdeasMatterProblemTechnologyComputerSolutionsSolveCustomersMeaningfulProgrammingSoftwareRequirementsShiftingComputer ProgrammingMeasure Of SuccessComputer Software Author:Jeff Atwood
“I obviously use computers. My car is wondrous. My phone is amazing. I've already talked about the music I'm digitizing. Technology is fantastic, of course.” UseCoursesTechnologyCarComputerPhonesFantasticWondrous Author:Ian MacKaye
“We live in an age where technology is so powerful that we can make change without even leaving our computers or cell phones.” AgePowerfulTechnologyComputerLeavingPhonesCellsCell Phone Author:Sadie Calvano
“My mom's a chemist, so she's pretty smart. I love technology and I can handle myself around a computer.” I CanTechnologyMomComputerSmartMy MomHandleChemist Author:Lucas Till
“Everything - design and technology and materials - has changed since the World Trade Center was built. A lot of it has to do with computers, which allow us to be far more efficient as well as structurally sound.” WorldWellsSoundTechnologyDesignChangedMaterialsComputerBuiltTradeEfficientWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Frank Gehry
“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.” PeopleUsedPurposeForceCompanyPrinciplesRolesTechnologyInformationComputerDirectManagementContemporaryDevelopingCorporationsApplesOwnershipInformation TechnologyEliminating Author:Noam Chomsky