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Technology Quotes


"All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images."



"People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all."


"Computers and mobile devices are becoming known for their inherent insecurities and the ability to damage the long term health of the users."


"Connectivity just can't be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation, and that's why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can."


"I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature.For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration."


"While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world."


"The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them."


"The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals."


"Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision of a nonprofit entity formed by the U.S. Department of Commerce."


"Some people think technology has the answers."


"From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why - with the existing technology - we couldn't do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened."


"U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected."


"We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us."


"Whereas with us - what you hear is what's happening right then and there on the stage - so we don't need no stinking technology."


"You name it, we're out there with the latest and the best cutting edge."


"Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be."


"The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that."


"I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology."


"Further, the United States is moving ahead in the development of clean coal technology. There are vast coal reserves in our country, and when it is burned cleanly, coal can provide a resource to supply a large amount of our energy requirements."


"When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste."


"The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it."


"The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies."


"The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world."


"Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down."


"The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential."


"The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever."


"There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today."



"Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go."



"Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects."


"The weakest link in any chain of security is not the technology itself, but the person operating it; iron gates have no compassion to appeal to, nor fears to exploit, nor insecurities to use to one's advantage. They are, however, operated by us " by beings of unlimited vulnerability and limited energy. Why waste time brute-forcing what can be easily circumvented by a clever façade and a crimson tongue?"


"There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs."


"I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion."


"Difference between TV and the internet was how far you sat from the screen. TV was an 8 foot activity, and you were a consumer. The internet was a 16 inch activity, and you participated. I think the sitting down thing is similar. You're not going to buy an armoir while standing on the subway."


"But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space."



"The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that already exists to improve fuel economy - technology that the automakers refuse to bring into the market despite societal demand."


"So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can't be controlled."


"In the digital world, nothing truly exist unless it exist in at least two places."


"The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers."


"Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state."


"By the year 2000, most Americans will be online one way or another."


"Being on Facebook too much in a row is like playing chess in a black hole. You never know if the next move will lead you to a checkmate or a mate checked."


"Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways."


"It is inevitable that machines will one day become the ultimate enemies of mankind. We are not evolving or progressing with our technology, only regressing. Technology is our friend today, but will be our enemy in the future."


"In his fight against the powers of the surrounding world his first weapon was magic, the first forerunner of our modern technology. We suppose that this confidence in magic is derived from the over-estimation of the individual's own intellectual operations, from the belief in the 'omnipotence of thoughts', which, incidentally, we come across again in our obsessional neurotics."


"Computer are incredible coded, they fascinating me... as for sex... I don't need it, there is pornography so much that I won't finish watching... so far I won't...live so much on this planet to check out everything."


"I wonder when god will get a microchip?"


"Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anything planned, but we're constantly being aware to make sure our customers get the best technology."
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