The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do.
The ultimate goal of artificial intelligence is to create machines that can perform tasks that would require intelligence if done by humans.
The computer is a medium of expression, like a violin or a paintbrush.
计算机是一种表达媒介，就像小提琴或画笔一样。
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
理解变化的唯一方法是投入其中，随之而动，并加入舞蹈。
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
软件开发中最重要的一个方面是明确你试图构建什么。
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
预测未来的最好方法就是发明它。
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
真正的问题不是机器是否会思考，而是人类是否会思考。
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
拒绝做算术的人注定会胡说八道。
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
Lisp值得学习，因为当你最终掌握它时，你将获得深刻的启蒙体验；这种体验将使你在余下的日子里成为一个更好的程序员，即使你从未真正大量使用Lisp本身。
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
发现可能性的极限的唯一方法是超越它们进入不可能的领域。