There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the facts, it is no credit to that model.

Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.

You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.

When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.

The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.

Intelligence is the source of technology. If we can use technology to improve intelligence, that closes the loop and potentially creates a positive feedback cycle.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

Was there a drain?''No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'.

It's not so much what the job gives you, it's what you give to the job.

I've proposed a contract with the American voter that will give the government back to the people.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!

I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it.

Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality."

Well, when I did Underworld 2, I was in Vancouver for five months and I was reminiscent to be back up there.