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title: "39 Ifs Quotes By Isaac Asimov"
description: "39 Ifs quotes by Isaac Asimov. Plus more from Isaac Asimov and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-well-as-imaginative-and-knows/)

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> [If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-there-is-a-category-of-human-being-for-whom-his-work-ought-to/)

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> [What would I do if I knew I only had six months to live? Type faster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/what-would-i-do-if-i-knew-i-only-had-six-months-to-live-type-faster/)

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> [The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-first-law-of-dietetics-seems-to-be-if-it-tastes-good-it-s-bad-for/)

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> [If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-you-have-talent-you-will-receive-some-measure-of-success-but-only/)

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> [If you ask for too much, you lose even that which you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-you-ask-for-too-much-you-lose-even-that-which-you-have/)

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> [It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-s-not-so-much-what-you-have-to-learn-if-you-accept-weird-theories/)

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> [If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-all-human-beings-understood-history-they-might-cease-making-the/)

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> [Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women's breasts if you lived in a society in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/anything-you-make-forbidden-gains-sexual-attractiveness-would-you-be/)

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> [No one suggests that writing about science will turn the entire world into a model of judgment and creative thought. It will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/no-one-suggests-that-writing-about-science-will-turn-the-entire-world/)

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> [Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/rejection-slips-or-form-letters-however-tactfully-phrased-are/)

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> [You wait for the war to happen like vultures. If you want to help, prevent the war. Don't save the remnants. Save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/you-wait-for-the-war-to-happen-like-vultures-if-you-want-to-help/)

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> [There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/there-are-no-nations-there-is-only-humanity-and-if-we-don-t-come-to/)

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> [On Earth, we are unmanned by our longing for a pastoral past that never really existed; and that, if it had existed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/on-earth-we-are-unmanned-by-our-longing-for-a-pastoral-past-that/)

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> [I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-wish-that-i-could-say-i-was-optimistic-about-the-human-race-i-love/)

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> [If you were to insist I was a robot, you might not consider me capable of love in some mystic human sense,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-you-were-to-insist-i-was-a-robot-you-might-not-consider-me-capable/)

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> [Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/science-can-be-introduced-to-children-well-or-poorly-if-poorly/)

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> [When I sit down at the typewriter, I write. Someone once asked me if I had a fixed routine before I start,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/when-i-sit-down-at-the-typewriter-i-write-someone-once-asked-me-if-i/)

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> [If you suspect that my interest in the Bible is going to inspire me with sudden enthusiasm for Judaism and make me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-you-suspect-that-my-interest-in-the-bible-is-going-to-inspire-me/)

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> [I was once being interviewed by Barbara Walters. In between two of the segments she asked me: "But what would you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-was-once-being-interviewed-by-barbara-walters-in-between-two-of-the/)

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> [To me it seems to be important to believe people to be good even if they tend to be bad, because your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/to-me-it-seems-to-be-important-to-believe-people-to-be-good-even-if/)

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> [The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-tyranny-that-now-exists-is-actual-that-which-may-exist-in-the/)

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> [I am all for cultural diversity and would be willing to see each recognizable group value its cultural heritage. I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-am-all-for-cultural-diversity-and-would-be-willing-to-see-each/)

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> [I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-do-not-use-airplanes-they-strike-me-as-unsporting-you-can-have-an/)

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> [Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/intelligence-is-an-extremely-subtle-concept-it-s-a-kind-of/)

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> [I'm an indoors person. I'm not afraid of the outdoors and I penetrate it easily and cheerfully. However, I must admit I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-m-an-indoors-person-i-m-not-afraid-of-the-outdoors-and-i-penetrate/)

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> [Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/increasingly-our-leaders-must-deal-with-dangers-that-threaten-the/)

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> [It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people. . . . If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-is-no-defense-of-superstition-and-pseudoscience-to-say-that-it/)

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> [However much the creationist leaders might hammer away at their scientific and philosophical points, they would be helpless and a laughing-stock if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/however-much-the-creationist-leaders-might-hammer-away-at-their/)

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> [“Surely, if we take on thinking partners––or, at the least, thinking servants––in the form of machines, we will be more comfortable with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/surely-if-we-take-on-thinking-partners-or-at-the-least-thinking/)

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> [I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-figure-that-if-god-actually-does-exist-he-is-big-enough-to/)

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> [Fertility is hereditary. If your parents didn't have any children, neither will you. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/fertility-is-hereditary-if-your-parents-didn-t-have-any-children/)

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> [If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-we-only-obey-those-rules-that-we-think-are-just-and-reasonable/)

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> [If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-i-am-right-then-religious-fundamentalists-will-not-go-to-heaven/)

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> [All of a sudden, space isn't friendly. All of a sudden, it's a place where people can die. . . . Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/all-of-a-sudden-space-isn-t-friendly-all-of-a-sudden-it-s-a-place/)

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> [The energy requirements for interstellar travel are so great that it is inconceivable to me that any creatures piloting their ships across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-energy-requirements-for-interstellar-travel-are-so-great-that-it/)

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> [How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. That is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/how-often-people-speak-of-art-and-science-as-though-they-were-two/)

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> [If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-i-were-not-an-atheist-i-would-believe-in-a-god-who-would-choose-to/)

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> [Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/democracy-cannot-survive-overpopulation-human-dignity-cannot-survive-2/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Isaac Asimov

> [The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-strain-of-anti-intellectualism-has-been-a-constant-thread-winding/)

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> [Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/suppose-that-we-are-wise-enough-to-learn-and-know-and-yet-not-wise/)

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> [Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/uncertainty-that-comes-from-knowledge-knowing-what-you-don-t-know-is/)

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> [“Don't you see? It's Galaxy-wide. It's a worship of the past. It's a deterioration - a stagnation!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/don-t-you-see-it-s-galaxy-wide-it-s-a-worship-of-the-past-it-s-a/)

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> [So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/so-the-universe-is-not-quite-as-you-thought-it-was-you-d-better/)

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> [It is in meeting the great tests that mankind can most successfully rise to great heights. Out of danger and restless insecurity comes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-is-in-meeting-the-great-tests-that-mankind-can-most-successfully/)

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> [“It might seem to you, Peter, that a truck driver, one step above an ape in your view, can't remember. But truck drivers can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-might-seem-to-you-peter-that-a-truck-driver-one-step-above-an-ape/)

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> [When life is so harsh that a man loses all hope in himself, then he raises his eyes to a shining rock, worshipping it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/when-life-is-so-harsh-that-a-man-loses-all-hope-in-himself-then-he/)

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> [“You are a military man and should know better. If there is one science into which man has probed continuously and successfully, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/you-are-a-military-man-and-should-know-better-if-there-is-one-science/)

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> [“temperatura constante de mais ou menos 21 graus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/temperatura-constante-de-mais-ou-menos-21-graus/)

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> [“Human beings can tolerate an immortal robot, for it doesn't matter how long a machine lasts, but they cannot tolerate an immortal human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/human-beings-can-tolerate-an-immortal-robot-for-it-doesn-t-matter-how/)

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> [“if people believe this, they would act on that belief. Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-people-believe-this-they-would-act-on-that-belief-many-a-prophecy/)

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> [I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-do-not-use-airplanes-they-strike-me-as-unsporting-you-can-have-an/)

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> [There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance implies only ignorance that may someday be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/there-are-many-aspects-of-the-universe-that-still-cannot-be-explained/)

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> [A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. \[The Second Law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/a-robot-must-obey-the-orders-given-it-by-human-beings-except-where/)

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                        "text": "If you suspect that my interest in the Bible is going to inspire me with sudden enthusiasm for Judaism and make me a convert of mountain-moving fervor and that I shall suddenly grow long earlocks and learn Hebrew and go about denouncing the heathen - you little know the effect of the Bible on me. Properly read, it is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.",
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                        "text": "The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.",
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                        "text": "I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and survive. You can be in an earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, tornado, what you will-and survive. But if your plane crashes, you do not survive. And I say the heck with it.",
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                        "text": "Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists anyway even in the absence of good memory. It's the ability to draw consequences from causes, to make correct inferences, to foresee what might be the result, to work out logical problems, to be reasonable, rational, to have the ability to understand the solution from perhaps insufficient information. You know when a person is intelligent, but you can be easily fooled if you are not yourself intelligent.",
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                        "text": "I'm an indoors person. I'm not afraid of the outdoors and I penetrate it easily and cheerfully. However, I must admit I like Central Park better than the wilderness, and I like the canyons of Manhattan better than Central Park, and I like the interior of my apartment better than the canyons of Manhattan, and I like my two rooms better with the shades down at all times than with the shades up. I'm not an agoraphobe at all, but I am a claustrophile, if you see the distinction.",
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                        "text": "Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a good grasp of science. The ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, questions of diet and heredity. All require scientific literacy. Can Americans choose the proper leaders and support the proper programs if they themselves are scientifically illiterate? The whole premise of democracy is that it is safe to leave important questions to the court of public opinion-but is it safe to leave them to the court of public ignorance?",
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                        "text": "It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people. . . . If solace and comfort are how we judge the worth of something, then consider that tobacco brings solace and comfort to smokers; alcohol brings it to drinkers; drugs of all kinds bring it to addicts; the fall of cards and the run of horses bring it to gamblers; cruelty and violence bring it to sociopaths. Judge by solace and comfort only and there is no behavior we ought to interfere with.",
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                        "text": "However much the creationist leaders might hammer away at their scientific and philosophical points, they would be helpless and a laughing-stock if that were all they had. It is religion that recruits their squadrons. Tens of millions of Americans, who neither know nor understand the actual arguments for - of even against - evolution, march in the army of the night, their Bibles held high. And they are a strong and frightening force, impervious to, and immunized against, the feeble lance of mere reason.",
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                        "text": "“Surely, if we take on thinking partners––or, at the least, thinking servants––in the form of machines, we will be more comfortable with them, and will relate to them more easily, if they are shaped like humans. It will be easier to be friends with human-shaped robots than with specialized machines of unrecognizable shape. And I sometimes think that, in the desperate straits of humanity today, we would be grateful to have nonhuman friends, even if they are only the friends we build ourselves.”",
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