List of some quotes and sayings about computer.
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions,
including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
~Doug Larson
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into
committees. That'll do them in. ~Author Unknown
The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back.
~Author Unknown
Never let a computer know you're in a hurry. ~Author Unknown
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
~Farmer's Almanac, 1978
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else
use it, and get a new one every six months. ~Clifford Stoll
User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean
"idiot." ~Dave Barry
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about
telescopes. ~Edsger W. Dijkstra
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
~Joseph Campbell
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.
~Nicholas Negroponte
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
~David Dixon, 1998, winning entry of the Haiku Error Messages 21st
Challenge by Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau, sponsored by Salon.com
Computers, huh? I've heard it all boils down to just a bunch of
ones and zeroes.... I don't know how that enables me to see naked
women, but however it works, God bless you guys. ~From the
television show King of Queens, spoken by the character Doug
Heffernan
After growing wildly for years, the field of computing appears to be
reaching its infancy. ~John Pierce
Hardware: where the people in your company's software section will
tell you the problem is. Software: where the people in your
company's hardware section will tell you the problem is. ~Dave
Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top
But they are useless. They can only give you answers. ~Pablo
Picasso, about computers
Computers have lots of memory but no imagination. ~Author Unknown
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
~Suzie Wagner, 1998
As network administrator I can take down the network with one
keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky
stuff on my paws. ~Scott Adams ("Dogbert")
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to
show you how it's done. ~Scott Adams
Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes. ~Dave
Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in
human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and
tequila. ~Mitch Ratcliffe
Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse? ~Author Unknown
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the
things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. ~Andy
Rooney
Don't anthropomorphize computers - they hate it. ~Author Unknown
Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. ~Jeff Pesis
I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere. ~Author
Unknown
I just wish my mouth had a backspace key. ~Author Unknown
Spreadsheet: a kind of program that lets you sit at your desk and
ask all kinds of neat "what if?" questions and generate thousands of
numbers instead of actually working. ~Dave Barry, Claw Your Way
to the Top
Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a
virgin. ~Robert A. Heinlein
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then
the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
~One of Murphy's Laws of Technology