Goertzel Quotes & Sayings

It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology. — Ben Goertzel

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense,
The surest guard is innocence:
None knew, till guilt created fear,
What darts or poisoned arrows were — Horace

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone. — Franz Kafka

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. — Marcus Aurelius

When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you. — Bernice Johnson Reagon

The beauty of Delicate Arch explains nothing, for each thing in it's way, when true to it's own character, is equally beautiful. If Delicate Arch has any significance it lies, I will venture, in the power of the odd and unexpected to startle the senses and surprise the mind out of their ruts of habit, to compel us into a reawakened awareness of the wonderful-that which is full of wonder. — Edward Abbey

My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, they worked really only until they were sixty. — Lewis Black

Wine pricing is an art - like painting. — Joe Bastianich

There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one. — Ben Fountain

I shake my head. I want to say no, but my legs move toward the god; my heart beats so fast that the unnoticeable movement becomes painful and unpleasant. — Cyci Cade

I'd very much like to be Ava Gardner. She IS sex. — Barbara Parkins

Our language for describing emotions is very crude ... that's what music is for, I guess. — Ben Goertzel