Top 40 computer quotations

It is very ironic to find out that some silly quotes are made by genius in the past. This is a list which can remind us that improvements are done quite fast. Just remember: you’re not a ‘dummy,’ no matter what those computer books claim.
Here are the list of quotations I loved the most-
- “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” (Pablo Picasso)
- “Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.” (Sam Ewing)
- “They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.” (Janet Reno)
- “If automobiles has followed the same development as computer, a rolls-royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, kills everyone inside” (Robert X. Cringely)
- “That’s what’s cool about working with computers. They don’t argue, they remember everything, and they don’t drink all your beer.” (Paul Leary)
- “Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by ‘they’, I mean ‘computers’. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)” (Dave Barry)
- “I’ve noticed lately that the paranoid fear of computers becoming intelligent and taking over the world has almost entirely disappeared from the common culture. Near as I can tell, this coincides with the release of MS-DOS.” (Larry DeLuca)
- “The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.” (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
- “It’s ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute.” (Marvin Minsky)
- “Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.” (Jeff Pesis)
- “The Internet? Is that thing still around?” (Homer Simpson)
- “The Web is like a dominatrix. Everywhere I turn, I see little buttons ordering me to Submit.” (Nytwind)
- “The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.” (Grady Booch)
- “There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.” (Bjarne Stroustrup)
- “Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.” (Larry Wall)
- “Any fool can use a computer. Many do.” (Ted Nelson)
- “The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late.” (Seymour Cray)
- “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” (Bill Gates)
- “First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack.” (George Carrette)
- “First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.” (John Johnson)
- “The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.” (Likan Patra)
- “Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.” (Stan Kelly-Bootle)
- “Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.” (Larry Wall)
- “Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.” (Bob Gray)
- “C++ : Where friends have access to your private members.” (Gavin Russell Baker)
- “If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.” (Robert Sewell)
- “Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free.” (Linus Torvalds)
- “Any code of your own that you haven’t looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.” (Eagleson’s Law)
- “If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
- “Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.” (Michael Sinz)
- “There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.” (Alan J. Perlis)
- “If McDonalds were run like a software company, one out of every hundred Big Macs would give you food poisoning, and the response would be, ‘We’re sorry, here’s a coupon for two more.’ “ (Mark Minasi)
- “A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.” (Mitch Radcliffe)
- “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” (Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899)
- “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” (Bill Gates, 1981)
- “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.” (Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977)
- “Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need.” (Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992)
- “We will never become a truly paperless society until the Palm Pilot folks come out with WipeMe 1.0.” (Andy Pierson)
- “If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- ” Think? Why think? We have computers to do that for us.” (Jean Rosand)
So these are the Quotes. Hope You Enjoyed.
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