Bruce Schneier Quotes
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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My life is exactly the way it needs to be.
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I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.
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The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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I love fashion - I really feel it's where I belong.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
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Now, these men weren’t idiots. They were geniuses who paid a high price for their genius because the rest of their thinking was other-world. A genius is someone who travels to truth by an unexpected path. Unfortunately, unexpected paths lead to disaster in everyday life.
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It is very possible that a proper understanding of string theory will make the space-time continuum melt away.... String theory is a miracle through and through.
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Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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My problem is that I like technology, but I always have to ask myself, 'Now wait a minute, will I actually have any use for this?'
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When I got to MIT, I discovered a really interesting Master's program called the Science and Technology and Policy Program - it taught people with a background in STEM how to think about science and tech from a policy perspective. It was a great way to understand how to communicate science to a policymaker or a layperson.
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I absolutely believe that a lot of the issues raised in 'Amped' about technology migrating into our bodies are issues that we're really going to deal with soon.
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We have backed off the big push to get computers in primary grades, ... We do have things where kids use technology before they leave fifth grade. But previous studies of the introduction of technology at other schools haven't shown a huge value in learning as a result. When we put something in the classroom, it absolutely has to further what kids need to know. I just don't want to go off in a tangent in one direction without being completely clear that it will pay off for all the kids.
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If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
