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Konrad Zuse Quotes

1910–1995 Germany

Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995) was a German engineer and computer pioneer, noted for implementing the world's first programmable Turing-complete computer, the Z3, in 1941.

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The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.

The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

Only too often the inventor is the idealist who, like Mephisto, tries to improve the world, only to be crushed by harsh realities. If he wants to carry through his ideas, he is forced to do business with the wielders of power, whose sense of reality is sharper and more developed.

Konrad (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Konrad Zuse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.