"Although humans today remain more capable than machines for many tasks, by 2030 machine capabilities will have increased to the point that humans will have become the weakest component in a wide array of systems and processes. Humans and machines will need to become far more closely coupled, through improved human-machine interfaces and by direct augmentation of human performance"

“I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.”

“When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?”

Source : "Sarah Palin and the Double Standard" by Susan Estrich, September 03, 2008.

“A lot of the touring stuff has become a drag. Traveling itself is a drag. Anyone who's been to an airport knows that.”

“The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.”

“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.”

“Turn your head away from the screen, my friend. It will tell you nothing more.”

“My fans are sexy. Yes they are. They can't help themselves. It is just how they do.”

“Scientific theory and its application to the growing needs of mankind advance hand in hand.”

Source : Cargill Gilston Knott (2015). “Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait”, p.1, Cambridge University Press