#be

No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#been #computer #designed #doing #either

Once when I was standing at the base, they started rotating the set and a big, heavy wrench fell down from the 12 o'clock position of the set, and got buried in the ground a few feet from me. I could have been killed! ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#been #big #buried #clock #could

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#course #disaster #history #main #main source

We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#being #even #explored #forth #learning

Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. ↗

— Alan Minter

#boxing #deaths #injuries #none #serious

I do have this reputation for being a serious person. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#i #i do #person #reputation #serious

An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him. ↗

— William Minto

#belief #doubt #him #independent #joy

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#architect #behold #built #cosmic #father

Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#cultivates #each #fruit #grow #him

But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love its beauty, and to wonder at its vastness. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#craftsman #finished #great #kept #love