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" I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together. "

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" You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new. "

" Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on! "

" We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally. "

" I just became one with my browser software. "

" All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices. "

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" In 2004, the iPod was a novelty, and tablet computers were a dream. Now we take for granted that we can see whatever we want whenever and wherever we want to see it, be it 'Grand Illusion' or 'Duck Dynasty.' "

" My first synthesizer was the VCS3. I got it in Bristol in the late Sixties, long before Pink Floyd used them. I had to sell an acoustic guitar and an old reel-to-reel tape recorder to raise the money. You can do fantastic things with modern computers, but you cannot use them in the same intuitive, spontaneous way you can a VCS3. "

" Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply. "

" A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. "

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" Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. "

" I got into computers back in the early '80s, so it was a natural progression of learning about e-mail in the mid-'80s and getting into the Internet when it opened up in the early '90s. "

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" Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against the erratic whims of their rogue machine. "

" I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. "

" I got my first computer at the age of 6. To me, it was magic. By the time I was 12, I wanted to know the secrets behind the wizardry, and that started my journey toward computer programming. This was the early 1990s, when computers weren't built for the mass market. "

" Computers are very powerful tools, but in the simulated world of the computer, everything has to be calculated. "

" People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them. "

" I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email. "

" Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. "

" If I was designing a web site for elementary school children, I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools. "

" Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs. "

" Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them. "

" Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. "

" You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that are a little off the beaten track. "

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" An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is. "

" The computer is a moron. "

" And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. "

" Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool. "

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" I'm a troglodyte. I think that's the word for it. Like an old school weird person who throws bricks at their computers. "

" You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent. "