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

"I am not concerned with whether a machine has feelings, but whether it can perform tasks that require intelligence."

"I am a homosexual and I am not ashamed."

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

"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…"

"The game of cricket is one such example of a game which can be played against the computer."