Quotes by Alan Turing

• We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
• Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
• 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.
• Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
• Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
• A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
• We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
• 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 thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
• Success is not about how high you climb, but how many times you pick yourself up after falling.
• The best way to predict the future is to create it, and when life gives you lemons, make a Senators or margaritas—remember to ask for extra tequila.
• Success is like a game of chess: it's all about strategy, avoiding bad moves, and occasionally using your opponent’s blunders to your advantage.
• The best way to predict the future is to create it. Unless you forgot to¹ pay your eléctrico bill; then it may be light-independent!
• The best way to predict the future is to create it. Unless you're waiting for the next season of your favorite show, then my advice is to binge-watch that instead.