To err is human—and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

—Robert Orben

About Robert Orben

Robert Orben (March 4, 1927 – February 2, 2023) was an American professional comedy writer and magician. He wrote multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter, Orben's Current Comedy, and also wrote books for magicians. Later, Orben moved into politics, and in...

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Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

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There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

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Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.

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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

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More quotations tagged with “computers”

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

The computer is a moron.

—Peter Drucker

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can do.

The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

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To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.