Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” - Pablo Picasso

计算机没有什么用处。它们唯一能做的就是告诉你答案。 －－Pablo Picasso

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.” - Mitch Ratcliffe

人类有史以来的所有发明中－－也许不包括手枪或龙舌兰酒－－计算机是让你犯错误最多最快的。 －－Mitch Ratcliffe

“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.” - Andy Rooney

计算机使很多事情更容易做到，但其中大部分并不是必需。 －－Andy Rooney

“Computers do not solve problems, they execute solutions” - Laurent Gasser

计算机并不解决问题，它们只是执行解决方案。 －－Laurent Gasser

“If you torture the data enough, it will confess” - Ronald Coase

如果你拷问数据到一定程度，它自然会坦白的。 －－Ronald Coase

“As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error” - Weisert

据我们所知，我们的计算机还没有未被检验出的错误。 －－Weisert

“If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.”

如果你交给某人一个程序，你将折磨他一整天；如果你教某人如何编写程序，你将折磨他一辈子。

“Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

无一分可增不叫完美，无一分可减才是。 －－Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.” - Ralph Johnson

在软件可重用之前先得可使用。 －－Ralph Johnson

“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” - Steve Wozniak

永远不要信任那些你无法将其抛出窗外的电脑。 －－Steve Wozniak

“The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That’s where we come in; we’re computer professionals. We cause accidents.” - Nathaniel Borenstein

许多专家认为，导致世界毁灭最可能的原因是意外事件。那正是我们在做的；我们是计算机专业人士，我们正在制造意外事件。 －－Nathaniel Borenstein