Terminology Quotes

“From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.”

“Megadeaths: one million deaths.”

“I find above all that the expression 'atonal music' is most unfortunate — it is on a par with calling flying 'the art of not falling'.”

“They still call me a midget, but I'm a dwarf.”

“A frequent practice is to use the term 'function' to mean 'effect,' and 'adaptation' to mean 'advantageous attribute.'”

“The boss of all bosses? That's what you people call it. In our language, Cosa Nostra, we have a Capo di tutti capi.”

“Rhythm and blues was a replacement for the term 'race music'.”

“My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it 'information theory', but the word 'information' was too loaded, so I decided to call it 'communication theory'.”

“The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American.”

“We did not address ‘collusion,’ which is not a legal term. Rather, we focused on whether the evidence was sufficient to charge any member of the campaign with a crime.”

“Close encounters of the third kind is a contact, a contact with a UFO, a contact with occupants of that UFO.”

“I propose to adopt the word 'seismology' as a generic name for the branch of physical science which is to treat of the phenomena of earthquakes.”

“People who are here illegally are not immigrants. They are illegal aliens.”