We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston.

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.

Paolo Maldini is neither a legend nor a world class player!

I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and the motion picture industry.

People die of fright and live of confidence.

The Simpsons are going to Delaware!

Good Heaven, whose darling attribute we find is boundless grace, and mercy to mankind, abhors the cruel.

I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude.

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.