Quotes about technology
114 quotes from 61 people
I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
Donald Knuthborn 1938Digital Typography, ch. 33, p. 649 (1999)Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuthborn 1938Closing line of a memo, “Notes on the van Emde Boas construction of priority deques: An instructive use of recursion” (1977)- Donald Knuthborn 1938Interview, Computer Literacy Bookshops (1993)
- PKPaul Krugmanborn 1953“Why most economists’ predictions are wrong”, The Red Herring, June 1998
Stanisław Lem1921–2006The Futurological Congress (1971)If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
Charles Lindbergh1902–1974“Is Civilization Progress?” in Reader’s Digest (July 1964)- Charles Lindbergh1902–1974Of Flight and Life (1948)
Walter Lippmann1889–1974A Preface to Politics (1913), Ch. I: “Routineer and Inventor”, p. 30.
Ada Lovelace1815–1852Notes on the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage (1843)
Herbert Marcuse1898–1979One-Dimensional Man (1964), p. 159
Marshall McLuhan1911–1980Understanding Media (1964) (p. 8)The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.
Marshall McLuhan1911–1980The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962)Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
James A. Michener1907–1997Space (1982), Ch. 6
Edward R. Murrow1908–1965On receiving the “Family of Man” Award from the Protestant Council of the City of New York (28 October 1964)
