Ernst Fischer Quotes

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

Not nature, but the "genius of mankind," has knotted the hangman's noose with which it can execute itself at any moment.

Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?

I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.

Is the human race a universal constructor?

Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.

People have to be able to make money off their brains and their hearts. Or else we're all going to starve, and it's the machines that'll get good.

Man has now become an adjunct to perfect and carry forward these conquests.

Technology is us. There is no separation. It's a pure expression of human creative will. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. I'm rather sure of that.

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

There's a fine line between something saving you time and replacing a bit of you that could be useful. I've certainly become more and more aware of that.

Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.

Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

The worst of faces still is human.

The human imagination, in conjunction with technology, has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet with safety.

I love people, 'cause people are so smart. People have done a lot of great things.

The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.

People are human. There's such a premium today on being perfect. That's just not the way people are.

We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think about being different from them, about being Tibetan, Buddhist or even the Dalai Lama. I only think about being a human being. We all share the potential for positive and negative emotions, yet one of our special qualities is our human mind, our intelligence. If we use it well we'll be successful and happy.

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.