Poor humans; they will all die.""Poor us; we will not.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.

The light that filled my house was deep and livid, half magnolia, half rainwater. Things sat in it, dark and very still.

As beings who cannot know the outcome of any particular action, it is difficult for us to act in a way that will be necessarily beneficial to another, or necessarily detrimental.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstances of your life but from the conditioning of your mind.

A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.

I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.

Is always the motivation to play better and better. But I think we are in a very good way to keep winning matches. That's most important thing for me.

Persons are fine things, but they cost so much! for thee I must pay me.

When you say yes to life, you attract divine guidance. When you're inspired, you're collaborating with fate. Everything starts working for you.

Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth