But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far and superior to that of muscle and sinew. Let me tell you, if you don't know it from your own experience, that reading a good book, losing yourself in the interest of words and thoughts, is for some people (me, for instance) an incredible intensity of happiness.

... you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.

It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.

A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics]

I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

If a conclusion is not poetically balanced, it cannot be scientifically true.

Old people think young people haven't learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.