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Life Quotes by Isaac Asimov
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
- 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…
- I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
- I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
- He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that…
- I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the…
- 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 it…
- The significant chemicals of living tissue are rickety and unstable, which is exactly what is needed for life.
- Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of…
- Life is a journey, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot at the end.
- ...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world,…
- Life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far superior to that…
- In life, people will take you at your own reckoning.
- Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my…
- Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
- In my life there have been several individuals whose presence made it easier for me to think, pleasanter to make my responses.
- You see, proteins, as I probably needn't tell you, are immensely complicated groupings of amino acids and certain other specialized compounds, arranged in intricate three-dimensional…
- But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far and superior…
- In a properly automated and educated world, then, machines may prove to be the true humanizing influence. It may be that machines will do the…
- Writing is a lonely job. Even if a writer socializes regularly, when he gets down to the real business of his life, it is he…
- All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger.
- It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle