Isaac Asimov Quotes
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The dullness of fact is the mother of fiction.
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All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
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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 more way to destroy itself.
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That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means 'I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve'. It's easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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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, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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You are a valuable subject, Brodrig. You always suspect far more than is necessary, and I have but to take half your suggested precautions to be utterly safe.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.
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Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.
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Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it.
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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
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The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
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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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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 be.
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Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.
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It is very likely that there are many, many planets carrying life, even intelligent life, thoughout the universe, because there are so many stars. By sheer chance, even if those chances are small, a great many life forms and a great many intelligences may exist.
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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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I’ve lived most of my life already and I suppose I can argue myself into believing that I have no great cause to love humanity. However, only a few people have hurt me, and if I hurt everyone in return that is unconscionable usury.
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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.