Shneiderman Quotes & Sayings

We're creating a little niche for ourselves instead of working the whole canvas. — Bernie Glassman

The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures — Ben Shneiderman

We need long train journeys on which we have no wireless signal — Alain De Botton

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind. — Epictetus

Truly creative people in all fields can temporarily suspend their ego and simply experience what they are seeing, without the need to assert a judgment, for as long as possible. They are more than ready to find their most cherished opinions contradicted by reality. — Robert Greene & Joost Elffers

Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children. — Agnes Smedley

Prunella took to the ballrooms of London in the spirit of ruthless calculation of a general entering a battlefield. — Zen Cho

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again. — Ben Shneiderman

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures. — Ben Shneiderman

The old computing was about what computers could do; the new computing is about what users can do. Successful technologies are those that are in harmony with users' needs. They must support relationships and activities that enrich the users' experiences. — Ben Shneiderman

True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God. — Charles Spurgeon

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins. — Kathy Bryson

Not only does he hate me, and want to kill me, he no longer believes I'm human. It was less painful being strangled. — Suzanne Collins

More time is wasted in front of computers than on highways. — Ben Shneiderman

Prayer is the little implement through which men reach; where presence is denied them. — Emily Dickinson

I've often gotten the feeling that the only people who have learned from computer assisted instruction are the authors. — Ben Shneiderman

When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say. — Edie Falco

But the internet, with its army of anonymous hatemongers, still tried to keep the absurd story alive. — Barkha Dutt

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. — Ben Hecht