“I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions ...” — Jaan Tallinn Quote

“I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia.”

“There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?”

“Once you acknowledge that human brains are basically made of atoms and acknowledge that atoms are governed by simple laws of physics, then there is no reasoning principle why computers couldn't do anything that people are doing, and we don't really see any evidence that this is not the case.”

“There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise.”

“Theater is a thankless art. When the curtain goes down, that is all. It doesn't really mean anything. Memories are very short, and fame is extremely fleeting.”

“The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever.”