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Computerized Quotes

On technology's risks, privacy, and fragile systems.

These computerized quotes raise concerns about surveillance and fragility, questioning both a proposed national gun-owner database and airport passenger profiling that critics say simply doesn't work, a skepticism echoed in our balance quotes collection.

Whenever the creation of a national, computerized database of gun owners is proposed, the advocates pushing it insist that people have nothing to fear because politicians will not abuse the enormous power inherent in such a database.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

The TSA is gambling with the security of civil aviation and expanding its scope irresponsibly. The problem with computerized passenger profiling is that it simply does not work.

Quotes by Tom Bossert

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

Quotes by Robert Darnton

On balance, I would say that anybody who reminds our lords and masters that the computerized society is fragile... has definitely done a service to the public at large.

Quotes by John Brunner

Activities Quotes

There are a lot of people using technology that are playing to a click with backing vocals already stuck in there on some computerized thing that runs along in time to the show so they have these amazing vocals that...

Quotes by James Young

We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

Quotes by George Pataki

If you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and somebody has already cataloged all the straw in the haystack, when you get to that needle you will recognize it's different than what was supposed to be there based...

Quotes by Francis Collins

Sometimes when you have multimedia, people use it too much. It has to be a tool and not the end product, if you can use it as a tool. The same thing apples when you are recording. We had this...

Quotes by Donny Osmond

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind.

Quotes by DeForest Soaries

Amazing Quotes

While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning.

Quotes by Chris Hardwick

Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme.

Quotes by Avi Rubin

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Frequently Asked Questions

What concerns do these computerized quotes raise?
Most focus on privacy and reliability, questioning proposed databases, airport profiling systems, and the overall fragility of a heavily computerized society.
Is airport security discussed in this collection?
Yes, one quote criticizes computerized passenger profiling used by aviation security, arguing that it simply doesn't function as intended.
Do any quotes address government databases?
Yes, one questions assurances given about a proposed national, computerized database of gun owners, expressing skepticism about how such power might be used.
Does this collection touch on entertainment technology?
Yes, one quote critiques live music performances that lean on computerized backing tracks running in time with a show.
Are there related quotes about balance in modern life?
Yes, see our balance quotes collection for more on weighing convenience against risk in daily life.

Other lines warn that a computerized society is more fragile than it appears, while another notes how live performances increasingly rely on computerized backing, a shift covered further in our amazing quotes page.