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"The computer is a moron."
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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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"We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone."
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"Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there."
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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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"But I said wait a minute, I'm going to get a computer, I can do this as well as anybody else. So I did some studying so I knew what kind of boards to get to put a PC together. But there was a guy sitting there with Apple. I said, 'what's that?' and he goes, 'Apple with 128k, it's all built into the box,' and I bought it. That was my first computer."
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"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."
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"It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers."
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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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"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."
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"Never mind your happiness; do your duty."
Happiness
"Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information."
Knowledge
"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.'"
Computer
"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."
People
"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."
Change
"Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake."
Mistake
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
Nothing
"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got."
Change
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
Work
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