Robots Quotes

• When the robot mind is mastered, undisciplined thinking ceases and is replaced by awareness. Awareness can know love.

  Barry Long

  Thinking, Mind, Awareness

  "Knowing Yourself: The True in the False". Book by Barry Long, 1996.

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• Making love to robots will probably be great one day. It's just not a viable option right now.

  John Vanderslice

  Making Love, One Day, Right Now

  Source: therumpus.net

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• In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

  Nikola Tesla

  Slave Labor, Civilization, Twenties

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.

  Erich Fromm

  Anger, Future, Past

  The Sane Society (1955) ch. 9

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• Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.

  Bill Gates

  Technology, Elderly, Play

  "A Robot in Every Home" by Bill Gates, www.scientificamerican.com. February 1, 2008.

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• Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

  Diane Ackerman

  Growing Up, Mirrors, Expression

  "The growing, feeling house of the future" by Diane Ackerman, archive.thedailystar.net. August 25, 2012.

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• The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law; The Zeroth Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

  Isaac Asimov

  Order, Law, Long

  Isaac Asimov (1979). “In memory yet green: the autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954”, Doubleday Books

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• I don't buy into the dystopian scenarios of self-aware robots enslaving mankind, but you don't have to be a sci-fi conspiracy theorist to acknowledge that plenty of good, well-paying jobs are being taken over by machines.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Jobs, Taken

  Marco Rubio (2015). “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone”, p.19, Penguin

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• I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Want, Imagine, Faster

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• Even a manically depressed robot is better to talk to than nobody.

  Douglas Adams

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.101, Pan Macmillan

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• Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Life, War, Machines

  Abbie Hoffman (1971). “The "steal Yourself Rich" Book”

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• Man is a robot with defects.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Men, Defects

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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

  Isaac Asimov

  Humans, Differentiate

  Isaac Asimov (1950). “I, Robot”, Roc

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• People are really excited about robotic exploration. I understand the feeling there because, in fact, robots can do things humans can't. They can survive harsh conditions, they can explore places we would never go, plus you never actually have to bring them back.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, Feelings, Facts

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.

  Marvin Minsky

  Children, Earth, Programming

  "Will Robots Inherit the Earth?". Scientific American, web.media.mit.edu. October 1994.

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• Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.

  Daniel H. Wilson

  Uprising, Benefits, Threat

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• When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother.

  P. W. Singer

  Mother, Writing, Letters

  P. W. Singer (2009). “Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century”, p.29, Penguin

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• The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Army, People, Made

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.

  Karel Capek

  Soul, Literature, Holding On

  "R.U.R". Play by Karel Capek, 1920.

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• Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot

  Bruce Lee

  Inspiring, Self

  Bruce Lee, John R. Little (2000). “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.184, Tuttle Publishing

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• I would love to have a robot at home.

  Hugh Jackman

  Home

  "Hugh Jackman Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Technology is at the forefront of everything these days - communication, work. Its amazing and scary at the same time how robots have evolved, but I find it hard to believe that robots will completely rule the world. Not in my lifetime anyway.

  Graham McTavish

  Believe, Communication, Technology

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• Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing.

  Cynthia Breazeal

  Kids, Kids Love, Cool Things

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• Nobody in this world was born to be the same as anyone else. Turning people into robots, especially children, is a crime against nature itself.

  Jenna Miscavige Hill

  Children, People, World

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• I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

  David Rees

  Sweat, Taste, Coke

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