Alan Turing Quotes

E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.

America, now is not the time for small plans.

You certainly don't need to have everything figured out in the path from here to world domination.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

I always looked ahead.

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

It is natural to want to have a future.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.

I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

I always say, the greatest cost of leading is the cost of paving the way.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.

We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, and I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get back to work.

Anyone can be something. Leaders want to do something.

There are things you want to do, but you can't really look at the future. You don't know how much there is.

I like to see the present, to work for the present, and to try to improve for the future.