"The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion. Nevertheless I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion …"

"The problem of creating intelligent machines is one of the most challenging and exciting problems in all of science."

"No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company."

"If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be?"

"I see no reason why a machine should not be able to have emotions."