"The human brain is a very complex machine, but it is still a machine."

"The view that machines cannot give rise to surprises is due, I believe, to a fallacy to which philosophers and mathematicians are particularly subject. This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is…"

"The machine should be able to carry out logical deductions."

"The extent to which we regard thinking as a function of the brain rather than the entire body is very much a matter of taste."

"The story of how it all came to be found out is a long and fascinating one, which I shall have to make into a short story one day, but haven't the time to tell you now."