Isaac Asimov Quotes
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction,…
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people…
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will…
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one…
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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