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Technology Quotes

The point is that when we focus on all three things at once-technology, policies, and markets-we can encourage innovation, spark new companies, and get new products into the market fast.

You've got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around.

I would trade all my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success - I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.

The radio craze will die out in time.

No country has so far implemented an e-governance system for over one billion people. Therefore, it is a big challenge for us.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.