The Celestial Omnibus Quotes & Sayings

You were my single greatest adventure. — Carrie Hope Fletcher

Long before you were born a man decided that there could be a very simple test to determine if a machine was intelligent. Not only intelligent, but aware, possessed of a psychology. The test had only one question. Can a machine converse with a human with enough facility that the human could not tell that she was talking to a machine? I always thought this was cruel
the test depends entirely upon a human judge and human feelings, whether the machine feels intelligent to the observer. It privileges the observer, the human, to a crippling degree. It seeks only believably human responses. It wants perfect mimicry, not a new thing. It's a mirror in which men wish only to see themselves. — Catherynne M Valente

Filming is completely - was totally new to me ... I had a movie career which wasn't supposed to be, so I couldn't be more thrilled. For those who work, parts seem to get more interesting. — Judi Dench

David James is frustrated because he thinks us being bottom isn't helping his chances with England. I think it gives him more chance to show his ability. — Glenn Roeder

Mr. Persichetti called his patients God's mistakes. He pressed — Alice McDermott

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible. — Mark Addy

It is thus with our life. We silently glide along, little dreaming about the waves which will so soon sweep over us, dashing us up against the rocks, or stranding us forever. we do not dream that we shall ever wreck, until the greater wave comes over us, and we bend beneath its power. — Fanny Kelly

Quote is a verb. Quotation is the noun. — Alan Lindsay

If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us? — Leonard Ravenhill

It's very important to work myself physically as hard as I can. — Twyla Tharp

So Pabrai added the following checkpoint to his list: when analysing a company, stop and confirm that you've asked yourself whether the revenues might be overstated or understated due to boom or bust conditions. — Atul Gawande