Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.

What's society going to be like when the kids today are phenomenally good at text messaging and spend a huge amount of on-screen time, but have never gone bowling together?

Here are my strong reservations about the wave of computer networks. They isolate us from one another and cheapen the meaning of actual experience. They work against literacy and creativity. They undercut our schools and libraries.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.