"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."

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"I'm not computer literate. I e-mail. I know how to get on the Web, but I haven't crossed over into the internet world. I'm old-fashioned, I guess."

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"Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change."

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"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."

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"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."

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"I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection."

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"Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors."

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"The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics."

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"Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons."

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