His high-pitched voice already stood out above the general murmur of well-behaved junior executives grooming themselves for promotion within the Bell corporation. Then he was suddenly heard to say: '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.'

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past. In th…

I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thi…

The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

Reign, and keep life in this our deep desire Our only greatness is that we aspire.