Clifford Stoll

“What's missing from this electronic wonderland? Human contact.”

“If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.”

“The truth is, no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.”

“Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time. Compared to the sun, we are a blink of an eye.”

“A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while a human is a smart machine with the ability to do incredibly stupid things.”

“The most important things in life are not things.”

“Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms... Baloney.”

“Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.”

“The first time you do a thing is always exciting.”

“Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The tragic part of life is that there is no such thing as a happy ending. The best you can hope for is a good story.”

“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.”

“Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.”