Amy

“He developed a particularly annoying way of ignoring the teaching during the term and then coming top in the examination.”
― Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma

“Perhaps this was the most surprising thing about Alan Turing. Despite all he had done in the war, and all the struggles with stupidity, he still did not think of intellectuals or scientists as forming a superior class.”
― Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma

“I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past. In the time of Galileo it was argued that the texts, 'And the sun stood still... and hasted not to go down about a whole day' (Joshua x. 13) and 'He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not move at any time' (Psalm cv. 5) were an adequate refutation of the Copernican theory.”
― Alan Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence

“For him, breaking the Enigma was much easier than the problem of dealing with other people, especially with those holding power.”
― Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma