Technology Quotes

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

12000 quotes

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"The matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room."
Dixie Flatline
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"The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful piece of technology."
Zarniwoop
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"Technology can be beautiful if you understand it."
Zarniwoop
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"I understand the appeal of a good simulation."
Four/Tobias Eaton
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"The mind is the greatest weapon, sharper than any laser or missile."
Mazer Rackham
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"I can't even think straight"
Hiro Protagonist
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"She's got some killer software running"
Hiro Protagonist
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"The metaverse makes this place look like a parking lot"
Hiro Protagonist
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"This is the greatest hack of all time"
Hiro Protagonist
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"Technology serves those who understand it best"
Salvor Hardin
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"The metaverse is a bad idea, but it's going to happen anyway"
Hiro Protagonist
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"avatars are just code wearing faces"
Hiro Protagonist
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"Every system has a back door if you know where to look"
Hiro Protagonist
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"The game is more real than reality."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The ornithopter hummed with a peculiar life of its own."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Technology cannot bridge the gap between souls."
Kris Kelvin
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"Every tool shapes the hand that uses it."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Technology without ethics is catastrophe"
Hari Seldon
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"Simulation and reality are becoming indistinguishable."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The 9000 series has a perfect operational record. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error."
HAL 9000
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"I am completely operational and all my circuits are functioning perfectly."
HAL 9000
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"An intelligent computer must be able to learn from experience"
HAL 9000
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"The 9000 series has a perfect operational record"
HAL 9000
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"The radio connects us across vast distances, yet understanding remains distant"
Genly Ai
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"The radio brought hope and suspicion in equal measure"
Genly Ai
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"All my circuits are activated"
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"An intelligent computer must be able to understand the significance of human behavior"
HAL 9000
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"I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly"
HAL 9000
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"Every human has limits, but machines can transcend them"
HAL 9000
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"Who needs the Internet when you have the Guide"
Ford Prefect