--- title: "29 Way Quotes By Isaac Asimov" description: "29 Way quotes by Isaac Asimov. Plus more from Isaac Asimov and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/isaac-asimov-309_atoms_an-atom-blaster-is-a-good-weapon-but-it_1807363.jpg" --- > [An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/an-atom-blaster-is-a-good-weapon-but-it-can-point-both-ways/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/isaac-asimov-309_atoms_an-atom-blaster-is-a-good-weapon-but-it_1807363.jpg) > [Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/happiness-is-doing-it-rotten-your-own-way/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/isaac-asimov-309_doing_happiness-is-doing-it-rotten-your-own-wa_3033862.jpg) > [It was obvious that bigotry was never a one-way operation, that hatred bred hatred!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-was-obvious-that-bigotry-was-never-a-one-way-operation-that-hatred/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/isaac-asimov-309_bigotry_it-was-obvious-that-bigotry-was-never-a_2874966.jpg) > [Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/never-let-your-sense-of-morals-get-in-the-way-of-doing-what-s-right/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/isaac-asimov-309_character_never-let-your-sense-of-morals-get-in-th_2564883.jpg) > [The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-easiest-way-to-solve-a-problem-is-to-deny-it-exists/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/isaac-asimov-309_deny_the-easiest-way-to-solve-a-problem-is-to_2710360.jpg) > [It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-s-a-poor-atom-blaster-that-won-t-point-both-ways/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/isaac-asimov-309_atoms_it-s-a-poor-atom-blaster-that-won-t-poin_2726473.jpg) > [I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-don-t-believe-in-personal-immortality-the-only-way-i-expect-to-have/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/isaac-asimov-309_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-personal-immortality_1401738.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/isaac-asimov-309_devil_rejection-slips-or-form-letters-however_125346.jpg) > [ \[O\]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/o-ur-statesmen-our-businessmen-our-everyman-must-take-on-a-science/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/isaac-asimov-309_businessman_o-ur-statesmen-our-businessmen-our-every_2285866.jpg) > [To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/to-test-a-perfect-theory-with-imperfect-instruments-did-not-impress/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/isaac-asimov-309_gains_to-test-a-perfect-theory-with-imperfect_2940856.jpg) > [“I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-consider-violence-an-uneconomical-way-of-attaining-an-end-there-are/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/isaac-asimov-309_crime_i-consider-violence-an-uneconomical-way_2751358.jpg) > [When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/when-i-read-about-the-way-in-which-library-funds-are-being-cut-and-2/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/isaac-asimov-309_american-society_when-i-read-about-the-way-in-which-libra_2585044.jpg) > [To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/to-make-discoveries-you-have-to-be-curious-about-why-the-universe-is/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/isaac-asimov-309_curious_to-make-discoveries-you-have-to-be-curio_812577.jpg) > [The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-temptation-was-great-to-muster-what-force-we-could-and-put-up-a/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/isaac-asimov-309_fighting_the-temptation-was-great-to-muster-what_2021301.jpg) > [You don't need to predict the future. Just choose a future -- a good future, a useful future -- and make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/you-don-t-need-to-predict-the-future-just-choose-a-future-a-good/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/isaac-asimov-309_emotion_you-don-t-need-to-predict-the-future-jus_1541362.jpg) > [However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There's no way I can single-handedly save the world or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/however-i-continue-to-try-and-i-continue-indefatigably-to-reach-out/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/isaac-asimov-309_ashamed_however-i-continue-to-try-and-i-continue_2387290.jpg) > [Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/science-is-a-mechanism-a-way-of-trying-to-improve-your-knowledge-of/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/isaac-asimov-309_accounts_science-is-a-mechanism-a-way-of-trying-t_2345446.jpg) > [I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-have-written-240-books-on-a-wide-variety-of-topics-some-of-it-i/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/isaac-asimov-309_book_i-have-written-240-books-on-a-wide-varie_1394408.jpg) > [The whole business is the crudest sort of stratagem, since we have no way of foreseeing it to the end. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-whole-business-is-the-crudest-sort-of-stratagem-since-we-have-no/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/isaac-asimov-309_business_the-whole-business-is-the-crudest-sort-o_2533763.jpg) > [There’s nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/there-s-nothing-to-it-all-you-have-to-do-is-take-a-close-look-at/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/isaac-asimov-309_built_there-s-nothing-to-it-all-you-have-to-do_1360060.jpg) > [They absorb carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. What could be more desirable? And they look good in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/they-absorb-carbon-monoxide-and-carbon-dioxide-and-give-out-oxygen/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/isaac-asimov-309_bargains_they-absorb-carbon-monoxide-and-carbon-d_1211489.jpg) > [It took me thirty-six years; and, in some fifty stories, ranging in length from short-shorts to novels, I think I must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-took-me-thirty-six-years-and-in-some-fifty-stories-ranging-in/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/isaac-asimov-309_aspect_it-took-me-thirty-six-years-and-in-some_1298119.jpg) > [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/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/isaac-asimov-309_be-good_to-me-it-seems-to-be-important-to-believ_119453.jpg) > [To all my gentle readers who have treated me with love for over 30 years, I must say farewell. It has always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/to-all-my-gentle-readers-who-have-treated-me-with-love-for-over-30/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/isaac-asimov-309_ambition_to-all-my-gentle-readers-who-have-treate_535893.jpg) > [“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-is-change-continuing-change-inevitable-change-that-is-the-dominant/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/isaac-asimov-309_accounts_it-is-change-continuing-change-inevitabl_892906.jpg) > [I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/i-made-up-my-mind-long-ago-to-follow-one-cardinal-rule-in-all-my-2/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/isaac-asimov-309_cardinal-rules_i-made-up-my-mind-long-ago-to-follow-one_2973991.jpg) > [He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means "I want the liberty to grow rich and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/he-always-pictured-himself-a-libertarian-which-to-my-way-of-thinking/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/isaac-asimov-309_believe_he-always-pictured-himself-a-libertarian_3122782.jpg) > [There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/there-is-a-cult-of-ignorance-in-the-united-states-and-there-has/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/isaac-asimov-309_constant_there-is-a-cult-of-ignorance-in-the-unit_1010873.jpg) > [After years of finding mathematics easy, I finally reached integral calculus and came up against a barrier. I realized that this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/after-years-of-finding-mathematics-easy-i-finally-reached-integral/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/isaac-asimov-309_barriers_after-years-of-finding-mathematics-easy_3079201.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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": 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