Paul Allen

“To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense.”

“If Microsoft had never existed... The industry would probably be very fragmented.”

“That darn luxury tax is pretty painful.”

“We know a certain amount about neurons. You can do fMRI and watch parts of the brain light up. But what happens in the middle is poorly understood.”

“I was only in second grade when the Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. The night of his launch - April 12, 1961 - I went out onto the front porch and stared up at the stars, trying to see his capsule passing overhead. Like millions of others, I was enthralled by the idea of space exploration and have been ever since.”

“I have held Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock guitar and imagined what it would be like to play it, but that's the extent of it.”

“There's a whole different way to express yourself in music and the other arts, and it hopefully complements other things you do in technology.”

“General managers - I like to talk about the 'golden gut': general managers that not only can have a sense for the players that are going to perform beyond what people expect and get team chemistry right, but they also have to be able to make trades.”

“Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.”

“The NFL, as compared to the NBA, it's so physical and so emotional almost every play.”

“I'd love to bring a championship here to Portland.”

“I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.”

“The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole 'nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.”

“Blame me for having to type the backslash in DOS.”

“Facing your own mortality forces you to re-evaluate your priorities.”

“I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.”

“Seattle has a long tradition of celebrating local and non-local art - from the Burke and Seattle Art Museums to the Asian Art Museum.”

“Any time you get to compete for the championship in a professional spot, it's just a magic thing.”

“When I was 7 or 8, I became fascinated with hot rods.”

“The intensity of the Super Bowl is one-of-a-kind. An NBA finals is best-of-seven. But the Super Bowl, one game, winner-take-all. The intensity is off the charts.”