--- title: "27 Knows Quotes By Isaac Asimov" description: "27 Knows quotes by Isaac Asimov. Plus more from Isaac Asimov and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/isaac-asimov-309_art_the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-wel_2657478.jpg" --- > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/isaac-asimov-309_art_the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-wel_2657478.jpg) > [We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/we-all-know-we-fall-newton-s-discovery-was-that-the-moon-falls-too/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/isaac-asimov-309_discovery_we-all-know-we-fall-newton-s-discovery-w_2489190.jpg) > [The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-human-brain-then-is-the-most-complicated-organization-of-matter/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/isaac-asimov-309_brain_the-human-brain-then-is-the-most-complic_2657168.jpg) > [You don't have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/you-don-t-have-to-be-able-to-lay-eggs-to-know-when-one-of-them-is/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/isaac-asimov-309_able_you-don-t-have-to-be-able-to-lay-eggs-to_2103939.jpg) > [I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-don-t-like-anything-that-s-got-to-be-i-want-to-know-why/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/isaac-asimov-309_funny_i-don-t-like-anything-that-s-got-to-be-i_547076.jpg) > [Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/experimentation-is-the-least-arrogant-method-of-gaining-knowledge-the/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/isaac-asimov-309_arrogance_experimentation-is-the-least-arrogant-me_820875.jpg) > [To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/to-any-who-know-the-star-field-well-from-one-certain-reference-point/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/isaac-asimov-309_astronomy_to-any-who-know-the-star-field-well-from_1490617.jpg) > [Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/inertia-our-ruling-class-knows-one-law-no-change-despotism-they-know/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/isaac-asimov-309_change_inertia-our-ruling-class-knows-one-law-n_1541186.jpg) > [Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/self-education-is-a-continuing-source-of-pleasure-to-me-for-the-more/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/isaac-asimov-309_appreciate_self-education-is-a-continuing-source-of_2741393.jpg) > [There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/there-s-so-much-knowledge-to-be-had-that-specialists-cling-to-their/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/isaac-asimov-309_knowledge_there-s-so-much-knowledge-to-be-had-that_130036.jpg) > [Unfortunately, in many cases, people who write science fiction violate the laws of nature, not because they want to make a point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/unfortunately-in-many-cases-people-who-write-science-fiction-violate/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/isaac-asimov-309_cases_unfortunately-in-many-cases-people-who-w_870517.jpg) > [And in man is a three-pound brain which, as far as we know, is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/and-in-man-is-a-three-pound-brain-which-as-far-as-we-know-is-the-most/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/isaac-asimov-309_arrangements_and-in-man-is-a-three-pound-brain-which_619631.jpg) > [Tens of millions of Americans who neither know or understand the actual arguments for, or even against, evolution, march in the Army…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/tens-of-millions-of-americans-who-neither-know-or-understand-the/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/isaac-asimov-309_argument_tens-of-millions-of-americans-who-neithe_444872.jpg) > [It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-is-precisely-because-it-is-fashionable-for-americans-to-know-no/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/isaac-asimov-309_educated_it-is-precisely-because-it-is-fashionabl_1396767.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/isaac-asimov-309_atheism_if-you-suspect-that-my-interest-in-the-b_415372.jpg) > [Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/congratulations-on-the-new-library-because-it-isn-t-just-a-library-it-2/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/isaac-asimov-309_congratulations_congratulations-on-the-new-library-becau_2776569.jpg) > [Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/science-is-dangerous-there-is-no-question-but-that-poison-gas-genetic/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/isaac-asimov-309_accounts_science-is-dangerous-there-is-no-questio_434407.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/isaac-asimov-309_art_how-often-people-speak-of-art-and-scienc_2907535.jpg) > [I am not responsible for what other people think. I am responsible only for what I myself think, and I know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-am-not-responsible-for-what-other-people-think-i-am-responsible/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/isaac-asimov-309_atheism_i-am-not-responsible-for-what-other-peop_2153222.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/isaac-asimov-309_ability_intelligence-is-an-extremely-subtle-conc_3049809.jpg) > [What do you call that nice, shiny white metal they use to make sidings and airplanes out of? Aluminum, right? Aluminum, pronounced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/what-do-you-call-that-nice-shiny-white-metal-they-use-to-make-sidings/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/isaac-asimov-309_airplane_what-do-you-call-that-nice-shiny-white-m_227644.jpg) > [Every human being lived behind an impenetrable wall of choking mist within which no other but he existed. Occasionally there were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/every-human-being-lived-behind-an-impenetrable-wall-of-choking-mist/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/isaac-asimov-309_another-man_every-human-being-lived-behind-an-impene_2094488.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/isaac-asimov-309_argument_however-much-the-creationist-leaders-mig_2235608.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/isaac-asimov-309_deep-life_uncertainty-that-comes-from-knowledge-kn_20908.jpg) > [The bible must be seen in a cultural context. It didn't just happen. These stories are retreads. But, tell a Christian that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-bible-must-be-seen-in-a-cultural-context-it-didn-t-just-happen/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/isaac-asimov-309_book_the-bible-must-be-seen-in-a-cultural-con_469976.jpg) > [ Naturally, since \[the Sumerians\] didn't know what caused the flood anymore than we do, they blamed the gods. (That's the advantage of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/naturally-since-the-sumerians-didn-t-know-what-caused-the-flood/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/isaac-asimov-309_advantage_naturally-since-the-sumerians-didn-t-kno_1627915.jpg) > [One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,… The trouble is, Whitman is talking through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/one-of-walt-whitman-s-best-known-poems-is-this-one-when-i-heard-the/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/isaac-asimov-309_astronomers_one-of-walt-whitman-s-best-known-poems-i_918794.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“temperatura constante de mais ou menos 21 graus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/temperatura-constante-de-mais-ou-menos-21-graus/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [“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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/isaac-asimov/#itemlist", "name": "27 Knows Quotes By Isaac Asimov", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Isaac Asimov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-well-as-imaginative-and-knows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/isaac-asimov-309_art_the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-wel_2657478.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/isaac-asimov-309_art_the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-wel_2657478.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/isaac-asimov-309_art_the-true-artist-is-quite-rational-as-wel_2657478.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art…” — Isaac Asimov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all know we fall. 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