Once the computers got control, we might never get it back. We would survive at their sufferance. If we're lucky, they might decide to keep us as pets.

You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.

No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.

Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.

Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days.

We'll show you that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself.

I bet the human brain is a kludge

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

It's ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute.

The brain happens to be a meat machine.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and extroversion mostly through its positive side.

When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.

We govern what the public think about.

I give myself a pep talk and visualize the routine. I tell myself: "I can do this, let's go!"

Nothing is so weakening as regret.

Let's be honest, there are a lot of family movies; I like some of them, I don't like other ones.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

The grand schemes of liberation, however indistinct and amorphous, can quickly be compromised, consumed by petty disputes and local hatreds.

Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.