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Isaac Asimov quotes: Fifty before I come of age," he had exulted. "Who'll take the wager?" But

Fifty before I come of age," he had exulted. "Who'll take the wager?" But

Isaac Asimov quotes: When they sat down at a small table and punched in their orders,

When they sat down at a small table and punched in their orders,

Isaac Asimov quotes: Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

Isaac Asimov quotes: No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth ...

No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth ...

Isaac Asimov quotes: I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.

I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It's the writing that teaches you.

It's the writing that teaches you.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.

Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Ben Estes knew he was going to die and it didn't make him feel any better to know that that was the chance he had lived with all these years.

Ben Estes knew he was going to die and it didn't make him feel any better to know that that was the chance he had lived with all these years.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I don't believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

I don't believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

Isaac Asimov quotes: At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .

At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .

Isaac Asimov quotes: Don't you see? It's Galaxy-wide. It's a worship of the past. It's a deterioration - a stagnation!

Don't you see? It's Galaxy-wide. It's a worship of the past. It's a deterioration - a stagnation!

Isaac Asimov quotes: Writing is my only interest. Even speaking is an interruption.

Writing is my only interest. Even speaking is an interruption.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Isaac Asimov quotes: If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The Scientist - with capital letters and no smile.

The Scientist - with capital letters and no smile.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Isaac Asimov quotes: When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it.

When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

Isaac Asimov quotes: You just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.

You just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is nothing straight about you; no motive that hasn't another behind it; no statement that hasn't three meanings.

There is nothing straight about you; no motive that hasn't another behind it; no statement that hasn't three meanings.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Boasts are wind and deeds are hard.

Boasts are wind and deeds are hard.

Isaac Asimov quotes: You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reasonif you pick the proper postulates.

You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason
if you pick the proper postulates.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Men identified themselves with the Century with which they were associated professionally. Its battles, all too often, became their own battles.

Men identified themselves with the Century with which they were associated professionally. Its battles, all too often, became their own battles.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.

It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Isaac Asimov quotes: In fact, it was part of the Tyrannian military tradition that a little discomfort on the part of the soldier was good for discipline.

In fact, it was part of the Tyrannian military tradition that a little discomfort on the part of the soldier was good for discipline.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Presumably, such is the folly of human beings, the prospects of intellectual suicide might not stop them from indulging their hatred,

Presumably, such is the folly of human beings, the prospects of intellectual suicide might not stop them from indulging their hatred,

Isaac Asimov quotes: The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.

The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.

Isaac Asimov quotes: 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 ...

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 ...

Isaac Asimov quotes: There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

Isaac Asimov quotes: You are the only one responsible for your own wants.

You are the only one responsible for your own wants.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all.

The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all.

Isaac Asimov quotes: To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.

The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.

Isaac Asimov quotes: But he no longer feared the fear! It was not something to run from, that fear, but something to fight.

But he no longer feared the fear! It was not something to run from, that fear, but something to fight.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

Isaac Asimov quotes: We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects ... and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity.

We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects ... and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I'll take that challenge. It's a dead hand against a living will.

I'll take that challenge. It's a dead hand against a living will.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Oh, for a pin that would puncture pretension!

Oh, for a pin that would puncture pretension!

Isaac Asimov quotes: What would I do if I knew I only had six months to live?Type faster.

What would I do if I knew I only had six months to live?
Type faster.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity

The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity

Isaac Asimov quotes: I don't like anything that's got to be. I want to know why.

I don't like anything that's got to be. I want to know why.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Education is something you can not finish.

Education is something you can not finish.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what is right.

Never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what is right.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is no one so insufferable as a person who gives no other excuse for a peculiar action than saying he had been directed to it in a dream.

There is no one so insufferable as a person who gives no other excuse for a peculiar action than saying he had been directed to it in a dream.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

Isaac Asimov quotes: [Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings.

[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings.

Isaac Asimov quotes: First of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

First of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.

Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.

There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.

Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.

Isaac Asimov quotes: To MankindAnd the hope that the war against follymay someday be won after all.

To Mankind
And the hope that the war against folly
may someday be won after all.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.

It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.

It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum.

There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

Isaac Asimov quotes: (The word "robot" is from a Czech word meaning "compulsory labor.")

(The word "robot" is from a Czech word meaning "compulsory labor.")

Isaac Asimov quotes: 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 have brains, too.

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 have brains, too.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The spell of power never quite releases its hold.

The spell of power never quite releases its hold.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Life originated in the sea, and about eighty percent of it is still there.

Life originated in the sea, and about eighty percent of it is still there.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.

It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.

Isaac Asimov quotes: You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else.

You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else.

Isaac Asimov quotes: An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched

An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched

Isaac Asimov quotes: 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.

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.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.

There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.

Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

Isaac Asimov quotes: It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.

Having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.

Isaac Asimov quotes: In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Isaac Asimov quotes: That is, he made boasts. But boasts are wind and deeds are hard.

That is, he made boasts. But boasts are wind and deeds are hard.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Baley distrusted overstatement and had no liking for the armchair deducer who discovered certainty rather than probability in the workings of logic.

Baley distrusted overstatement and had no liking for the armchair deducer who discovered certainty rather than probability in the workings of logic.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Space, man, have you no respect for science?

Space, man, have you no respect for science?

Isaac Asimov quotes: To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge.

To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I'm being accused of modesty, a horrible and thoroughly unnatural crime.

I'm being accused of modesty, a horrible and thoroughly unnatural crime.

Isaac Asimov quotes: What was the first thing a man must do before he can be a man? He must be born. He must leave the womb; and once left, it could not

What was the first thing a man must do before he can be a man? He must be born. He must leave the womb; and once left, it could not be re-entered.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.

Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Life is a journey, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot at the end.

Life is a journey, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot at the end.

Isaac Asimov quotes: There is a longing for a supposedly simple and virtuous past that is almost universal among the people of a complex and vicious society.

There is a longing for a supposedly simple and virtuous past that is almost universal among the people of a complex and vicious society.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood.

Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood.

Isaac Asimov quotes: You lack the capacity to decipher this particular puzzle.

You lack the capacity to decipher this particular puzzle.

Isaac Asimov quotes: To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

Isaac Asimov quotes: To insult someone we call him 'bestial'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

To insult someone we call him 'bestial'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

Isaac Asimov quotes: Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.

Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The word 'tradition' covered it all, as it covered so many things, some useful, some foolish.

The word 'tradition' covered it all, as it covered so many things, some useful, some foolish.

Isaac Asimov quotes: We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do.

We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do.

Isaac Asimov quotes: The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

Isaac Asimov quotes: I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.

I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.