“I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer underst...” — John Searle Quote

“I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing.”

“Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.”

“Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.”

“Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.”

“My accident was the result of incredible fate, with me spinning in a place I shouldn't have, with a car coming at a speed it shouldn't have, and hitting me with the sharpest and strongest thing that it has, which is the nose, in the most vulnerable part of the car, which is between the side part and the front wheel.”

“I don't mind if someone yells a motto out of their car at me. 'No touching! No touching!' No harm is done.”