“The work done at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is critical to our nation's scientific and technological leadership.”— Zach Wamp
“We're entering a world where data is going to be relied on for all kinds of decisions... and we need to have a way of talking about what's right and what's wrong.”— Hal Abelson
“Only six electronic digital computers would be required to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States.”— Howard Aiken
“In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.”— Paul Allen
“At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.”— Charles Babbage
“The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their popular acceptation.”— Charles Babbage
“In an age of constant live-tweeting, you're constantly revealing yourself to the world.”— Ann Beattie
“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.”— Stewart Brand