Firsthand Technology Quotes & Sayings

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free.
I gorged myself until my tummy ached. — Craig Thompson

I, like many people, am constantly on my phone. — Leelee Sobieski

The world was carnage. You either suffered it or inflicted it. — Laini Taylor

If God had commanded Noah to build an ark for consumer goods instead of animals - and if Noah had been a drunken paranoiac - his ark might have resembled this apartment. — John Wray

You know, my degrees are in computer engineering. I spent a lot of time in the tech industry. And I like to say that I don't invest in tech because I spent time in it. And I saw firsthand that the durability of technology moats is many times an oxymoron. — Mohnish Pabrai

The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate. — Daisaku Ikeda

Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. — Rod Kanehl

My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists and overly concerned about tech, and they say that none of their friends have the same rules ... That's because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand. I've seen it in myself, I don't want to see that happen to my kids. — Steve Jobs

You shouldn't imagine things that you haven't a shred of proof happened ... — Susan Meissner

It's those who do not have the power to hire and fire who are left with the work of figuring out what actually did go wrong — David Graeber

Nowadays, being "connected" means 24/7 availability. Emailing, texting, Twittering, calling, keeping one's website and Facebook status current seem essential to being and remaining relevant in the world. In addition to the positive impact of globally interconnecting humanity, the information era is also contributing to the creation of a high-tech, low-touch society. It is impacting language, the publishing world, education, and social revolts. Neurologists and other pundits, including Nicholas Carr in his Atlantic article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", point out the paradoxical downsides of not setting healthy boundaries or applying discipline to how we engage technology. Some have gone so far as to suggest that it is making us "spiritually stupid" by keeping us too distracted to participate in spiritual practices. But how about this: can using technology with mindfulness lead to beneficial social and spiritual connection? — Michael Bernard Beckwith

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner. — Robert Herjavec

He had seen firsthand how technology, patience, and long-term thinking could pay off. — Brad Stone

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents. — Sara Shandler

Yes. I have see Him, but He is the god of Death, not some knight to be swooned over. — Robin LaFevers

Confucians, along with Hebrew, Islamic, and Catholic scholastics, as well as Protestant fundamentalists, are like tourists who study guidebooks and maps instead of wandering freely and looking at the view. Speech and writing are undoubtedly marvelous, but for this very reason they have a hypnotic and fascinating quality which can lead to the neglect of nature itself until they become too much of a good thing. — Alan W. Watts

Once you've identified these goals, list for each the two or three most important activities that help you satisfy the goal. These activities should be specific enough to allow you to clearly picture doing them. On the other hand, they should be general enough that they're not tied to a onetime outcome. For example, "do better research" is too general (what does it look like to be "doing better research"?), while "finish paper on broadcast lower bounds in time for upcoming conference submission" is too specific (it's a onetime outcome). A good activity in this context would be something like: "regularly read and understand the cutting-edge results in my field. — Cal Newport

[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media. — Marco Brambilla