Technology Quotes

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

12000 quotes

"I have always believed in the potential of human innovation."
Hedy Lamarr
E
"The effort to build a space-faring civilization, that's worth doing."
Enrico Fermi
E
"The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."
Enrico Fermi
E
"It is quite obvious that the radio waves travel at the velocity of light."
Ernest Rutherford
E
"The energy produced by the atom is a very poor substitute for the coal that could be mined."
Ernest Rutherford
E
"The power of the atom will shape the future of humanity."
Ernest Rutherford
"Technology and art are not separate—they are intertwined expressions of human potential."
Hedy Lamarr
"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Hedy Lamarr
E
"Technology is a tool, and like all tools, it can build or destroy depending on who wields it."
Enrico Fermi
E
"The energy produced by the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who looked for a source of power in the transformation of the atom was talking moonshine."
Ernest Rutherford
E
"In the coming years nuclear energy will provide the world with electricity too cheap to meter."
Ernest Rutherford
N
"Technology will often define the nature of the relevant reality."
Niels Bohr
W
"Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created."
Werner Heisenberg
E
"Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace."
Enrico Fermi
N
"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand."
Niels Bohr
N
"We live in an age where knowledge doubles faster than we can assimilate it."
Niels Bohr
E
"The nuclear bomb is the instrument of our time."
Enrico Fermi
E
"Technology is a tool, not a master."
Enrico Fermi
E
"The splitting of the atom is a process of transforming matter into energy on an unprecedented scale."
Ernest Rutherford
E
"Atomic energy will revolutionize human civilization in ways we cannot yet imagine."
Ernest Rutherford
C
"There is nothing inherently wrong with computers. The problem is the narrow and impoverished vision of their possibilities."
Carl Sagan
J
"Technology should be used to improve the world, not destroy it."
Jane Goodall
N
"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand years."
Niels Bohr
"In the age of computers, it is very important to know how to compute."
Richard Feynman
C
"We must balance technological advancement with ethical consideration."
Carl Sagan
N
"Technology has enriched our lives and broadened our minds."
Niels Bohr
C
"If we ever detect a signal from an alien civilization, it will almost certainly come from a technology far more advanced than ours."
Carl Sagan
C
"A type two civilization would be significantly more powerful than us."
Carl Sagan
C
"Technology is not inherently good or bad; it depends on its use."
Carl Sagan
J
"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Jane Goodall