"The new form of the problem can be described in terms of a game which we call the 'imitation game.' It is played with three people, a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either…"

"The problem of constructing a universal machine is not insoluble."

"I expect to lie in the sun, talk French and modern Greek, and make love, though the sex and nationality... has yet to be decided: in fact it is quite possible that this item will be altogether omitted…"

"I like to think the brain is a kind of pudding, but not a Christmas pudding."

"The question of whether machines can think is a philosophical one, not a scientific one."