Famous Quotes

"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."

Daniel J. Boorstin on Computers

More quotes about Computers

• "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."

  Emo Philips on Computers

• "Computers are like Old Testament gods lots of rules and no mercy."

  Joseph Campbell on Computers

• "I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."

  Stephen Hawking on Computers

• "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

  Pablo Picasso on Computers

• "I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."

  Bill Gates on Computers

More quotes by Daniel J. Boorstin

• "The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life."

• "An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."

• "Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."

• "The traveler was active he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'"

• "The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises."