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• The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.
  • Quoted in Ben Elgin, "Google's Goal: "Understand Everything," BusinessWeek (2004-05-03)

• I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to be doing research.
  • Plenary speech, AAAS Annual conference, San Francisco (February 2007)