"Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration."

"In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in 'Amped,' I focus on neural implants."

"I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species."

"You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs."

"It is a essential truth that life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Never underestimate the power of the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"It is a profound truth that the roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."