Betty Parsons Quotes

I've been using a computer for quite some time, and I don't understand everything.

It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking about - but then I'm on to the next script and it's forgotten.

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!

I don't know how to turn on a computer.

I can't work a computer.

My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head.

I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months ago and am fascinated with the possibilities. I don't know what I would do without it now.

I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.

With concerted effort, I can follow written instructions, but don't ask me to simply grasp how to operate a smartphone.

I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one.

I wish I wasn't so technically challenged, because it puts you at a distinct disadvantage. I wish I could figure out a way to get more up to speed.

Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

Every time you do a project, you learn something new.

The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.

I'm not really good with technology.

To master a new technology, you have to play with it.

Computers used to petrify me before I figured it was just a matter of getting used to them.

People are very confused about how to do things on a computer, but generally, if you hover your cursor over things, it will tell you what it is.

For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.

An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later. When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.

I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less to the conservation of my mind and my body on that account.

Learn it all, then forget it all.

With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.