Technology Quotes

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

12000 quotes

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"Workers are not machines, yet machines have taught us how to measure work."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The future belongs to those who embrace measurement and science."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The railroad is the circulatory system of progress."
George M. Pullman
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"The sleeping car changed not just how people travel, but how they think about time and distance."
George M. Pullman
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"The future of industry depends not on machines alone, but on the minds that operate them."
Elbert Gary
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"The technological tools we create often end up reshaping the creators."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Elmer Sperry
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"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Elmer Sperry
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"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Charles Flint
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"Computers are to business what a sewing machine is to tailoring."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Technology is not just the machinery; it's the intelligent use of machinery."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"The future of manufacturing depends upon the marriage of science and industry."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Industrial progress depends more on method than on machinery."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Progress in industry will always exceed progress in philosophy and literature."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Technology is a tool that should serve humanity, not control it."
Colby M. Chester
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"Technology should make us more human, not less."
Colby M. Chester
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"The greatest inventions solve problems that others haven't yet recognized."
Elbert Gary
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"The invention that truly matters is not the one that enriches the inventor, but the one that elevates humanity."
Elbert Gary
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"Technology serves humanity best when guided by wisdom and compassion."
Charles Flint
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"I have always believed that the gyroscope would change the world."
Elmer Sperry
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"The engineer's role is to make the invisible forces of nature visible and useful."
Elmer Sperry
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"I have spent my life teaching machines what stability means to humanity."
Elmer Sperry
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"The greatest computer is the human brain. We must learn to tap into its potential."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Technology is a tool. The mind that wields it determines its value."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Innovation requires the courage to question everything."
John C. Fremont
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"Technology amplifies human nature; it reveals who we truly are."
Colby M. Chester
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"Technology is neither good nor evil; our intentions determine its character."
Colby M. Chester
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"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed."
James Fisk
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"Technology amplifies both human virtue and human vice."
Charles Flint