Technology Quotes

From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.

12000 quotes

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"Programming is problem-solving in its purest form, and every problem we solved opened new doors we never knew existed."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Computers are only as good as the people who tell them what to do."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"Every line of code was a step toward a future we could barely imagine."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"Every program we wrote was a conversation with the future."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"We calculated our way into a future we could never have imagined without the work."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements."
John von Neumann
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"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
John von Neumann
J
"The computer as conceived today is indeed man's latest invention, but it is the inevitable one."
John von Neumann
J
"The machine is the answer to the question of how we can think faster and more clearly."
John von Neumann
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"Technology should serve humanity, not the other way around."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Technology is merely a mirror reflecting back our values and limitations."
Shunpei Yamazaki
S
"The tools we create inevitably reshape us in their image."
Shunpei Yamazaki
S
"Technology amplifies human nature, both its brilliance and its folly."
Shunpei Yamazaki
A
"What the internet is to you depends on what you bring to it."
Andy Grove
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"Technology is a great equalizer but only if you use it right."
Andy Grove
A
"The Internet changes the fundamental economics of business."
Andy Grove
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"The Internet doesn't allow for a monopoly the way traditional industries did."
Andy Grove
A
"The Internet will change everything, and those who adapt will survive."
Andy Grove
A
"Technology moves faster than people's ability to understand it."
Andy Grove
A
"The Internet is not just a tool, it's a fundamental shift in how business works."
Andy Grove
A
"The pace of technological change is exponential, not linear."
Andy Grove
A
"The Internet changes the cost structure of information."
Andy Grove
A
"The Internet makes the world a smaller but more complex place."
Andy Grove
"The Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves."
Ada Lovelace
"I must confess that it is difficult to understand how a steam-engine could possibly go on writing eight miles of formula without making a single mistake."
Ada Lovelace
"The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery."
Ada Lovelace
"The Analytical Engine is the embodiment of every mechanical principle we have ever invented."
Ada Lovelace
"The Analytical Engine weaves numerical patterns of prodigious complexity."
Ada Lovelace
"The patterns and operations of the Analytical Engine mirror the operations of nature."
Ada Lovelace
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"We are transitioning from an era of scarcity to an era where information and innovation flow like water."
Carver Mead