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What is the quote from The Imitation Game?

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Sarah Cherry

Published Mar 18, 2026

What is the quote from The Imitation Game?

The Imitation Game Quotes. Alan Turing: Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. Alan Turing: Of course machines can’t think as people do.

What does it say at the end of The Imitation Game?

The epilogue reveals that after a year of government-mandated hormonal therapy, Turing committed suicide on June 7, 1954. In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous Royal Pardon, honouring his work which would eventually go on to create the modern computer.

What did Alan Turing call his machine?

the Bombe
Turing is obsessed with the idea of using a computer to engineer a human brain or even a soul, and dubbing the computer “Christopher” makes it seem as if Turing may be trying to find a way to resurrect his old love. In reality, the machine was called the Bombe and nicknamed “Victory.”

Are you paying attention imitation game?

Alan Turing : Are you paying attention? Good. If you are not listening carefully, you will miss things. Important things.

Was Christopher Morcom real?

Christopher Morcom (Jack Bannon) Although many of the details are invented for the movie, the gist of this storyline is true: Turing really did befriend and develop romantic feelings for a boy named Christopher Morcom at Sherborne School, the boys’ school in Dorset that he attended as a teenager.

Do you enjoy violence quote?

Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.”

Is the imitation game a happy ending?

The Imitation Game’s False Ending. The film wants to conclude happily, but downplaying Alan Turing’s tragic demise does a disservice to his legacy. (Spoiler alert, or as much of a spoiler alert as you can give a film about a public figure with a well-documented personal history.)

Who cracked Enigma first?

Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician. Born in London in 1912, he studied at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. He was already working part-time for the British Government’s Code and Cypher School before the Second World War broke out.

Is Enigma a true story?

Plot. The story, loosely based on actual events, takes place in March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height.

Why is it called the Turing test?

The test is named after Alan Turing, who pioneered machine learning during the 1940s and 1950s. Turing introduced the test in his 1950 paper called “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” while at the University of Manchester.

What did Alan Turing say about violence?

It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.”

Did Turing really write to Churchill?

Going over the heads of those in command at GC & CS, Turing and his co-signatories wrote directly to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.