"The isolated man does not develop any intellectual power. It is necessary for him to be immersed in an environment of other men, whose techniques he absorbs during the first twenty years of his life. …"

"The computer is a tool that can be used to extend the human mind."

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

"No, I am not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I am after is just a mediocre brain, something like the Brain of the Man in the Street."

"It is not possible to produce a machine which will be intelligent in the same way that a human being is intelligent."