The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.
A moment later, I caught my breath, but I didn't say anything.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.