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Them Quotes by Isaac Asimov
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
- The dangers that face the world can, every one of them, be traced back to science. The salvations that may save the world will, every…
- The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them…
- One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit them…
- Before another century is done it will be hard for people to imagine a time when humanity was confined to one world, and it will…
- Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a…
- Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.
- 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…
- In theory, there is nothing the computer can do that the human mind can not do. The computer merely takes a finite amount of data…
- Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.
- Fifty years," I hackneyed, "is a long time." "Not when you're looking back at them," she said. "You wonder how they vanished so quickly.
- Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them.
- Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing…
- 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…
- When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that…
- Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is no way around…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster