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Arthur Levitt

"Another misconception is that an order is canceled when you hit 'cancel' on your computer. But, the fact is it's canceled only when the market gets the cancellation."

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"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."

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"I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill."

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"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."

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"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."

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"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."

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"Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'"

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"Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted."

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"Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions."

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"Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer."

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"That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it."

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Arthur Levitt
"Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values."

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Arthur Levitt
"Another misconception is that an order is canceled when you hit 'cancel' on your computer. But, the fact is it's canceled only when the market gets the cancellation."

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Arthur Levitt
"Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up."

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Arthur Levitt
"Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry."

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Arthur Levitt
"Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical."

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Arthur Levitt
"I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups."

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Arthur Levitt
"Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you're marketing your firm to new customers, you better be able to provide them service when they do business with you."

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Arthur Levitt
"It is incumbent on us to facilitate the development of a market structure that best assures that these changes benefit the U.S. securities markets as a whole."

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Arthur Levitt
"The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues."

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"Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors."

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