Quotes in technology

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;
Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law;
Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

I do not deny that most managers lack a good deal of information that they should have, but I do deny that this is the most important informational deficiency from which they suffer. It seems to me that they suffer more from an overabundance of irrelevant information.