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Most Quotes by Isaac Asimov
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
- I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I…
- The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know.
- And in man is a three-pound brain which, as far as we know, is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter in the universe.
- 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…
- To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values, there is no need to do anything. We need…
- It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with…
- After years of finding mathematics easy, I finally reached integral calculus and came up against a barrier. I realized that this was as far as…
- One might suppose that reality must be held to at all costs. However, though that may be the moral thing to do, it is not…
- I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my…
- We mythologists know very well that myths and legends contain borrowings, moral lessons, nature cycles, and a hundred other distorting influences, and we labor to…
- No vision of God and heaven ever experienced by the most exalted prophet can, in my opinion, match the vision of the universe as seen…
- Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.
- Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the…
- Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
- It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.'…
- The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to…
- The Master created humans first as the lowest type, most easily formed. Gradually, he replaced them by robots, the next higher step, and finally he…
- The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise.
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny'
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster