Marvin Minsky Quotes

In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.

Marvin Minsky

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• So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Democracy
  • Criticism
  • Cheers

• The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.

  

  Ada Louise Huxtable
  • Age
  • Will
  • Now

• As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Face
  • Status Quo

• Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

  

  Wendell Johnson
  • Remember
  • Words
  • Never

• Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Hope
  • Place
  • Starting

• To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Music
  • Children
  • Happy

• Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • World
  • Real
  • Together

• Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
  • Movies
  • Drink
  • Russia

• Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • God
  • Truth
  • Word

• I used to be sick of the backroads of Minnesota. I had to drive 30 miles to get home every day, take the schoolbus for two hours. But to drive through America and see the backroads, from Nashville to Memphis, Lovick to New Mexico, was incredible. It was probably the greatest trip of my life.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Life
  • Home
  • America

• 'If you run before God, you cannot run after God.'

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • God

• I don't believe in one-person productions. Everyone on the team is important and needs to know that he or she is vital.

  

  Ben Carson
  • Believe
  • Important
  • She

• Your righteous eyes, your laconic trigger-fingers people the streets with villains: as you move, the air in front of you blossoms with targets and you leave behind you a heroic trail of desolation: beer bottles slaughtered by the side of the road, bird- skulls bleaching in the sunset.

  

  Margaret Atwood
  • People
  • Eyes
  • Air

• While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

  

  Mary Wortley Montagu
  • Mind
  • Peace
  • Friend

• I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Life
  • Art
  • Nature

• When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Energy
  • Simple
  • Positive

• I love blocking people. I'm not afraid to block anybody.

  

  Ashley Graham
  • People

• I can't gather around and talk about how much everybody in the room doesn't believe in God. I just don't - I don't have the energy for that, and so I... Agnostic separates me from the conduct of atheists whether or not there is strong overlap between the two categories, and at the end of the day I'd rather not be any category at all.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • God
  • Believe
  • Strong

• If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.

  

  Charles Darwin

• Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I've been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life, and I always wanted to do that.

  

  David Otunga
  • Life
  • Sports
  • Champion

• The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like popcorn. Whether a book is action-packed or not, all I need are well-written prose and quirky, fabulous characters to keep me going.

  

  Elizabeth Wein
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Action

• I will never make a film where zombies are threatening to take over the planet.

  

  George A. Romero

• Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad... In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Work
  • Happy
  • Sad

• In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.

  

  Marvin Minsky