Top 39 Quotes by Ray Kurzweil

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow.

By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.

We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.

If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution.

Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.

Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world is all about.

A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.

All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence.