Isaac Asimov Quotes
Attributed in the 'quote of the day' source code of the 'Fortune' computer program (June 1987); more at 'The Most Exciting Phrase in Science Is Not ‘Eureka!’ But ‘That’s funny …’' at Quote Investigator
Quotes to Explore
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
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Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
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The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?
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I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology.
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I'm probably the guy who keeps it loose around the room and tries to joke around with guys before the game, keeping things funny.
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I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
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My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.
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In preschool, I would plan out my show-and-tell every week to be funny and exciting. Then in first grade I wrote a play, and my classmates and I performed it as a puppet show.
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I left drama school to do 'The Book Thief' - it was a real trip going straight from school kind of right into it, but I feel like the momentum of being in school put me in a good mindset as far as going into it as a learning experience.
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In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more weight, and relate to more important matters, than written laws, and a man may be a safer ruler than the written law, but not safer than the customary law.
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He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
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Every good story is about who we are and our struggle to define ourselves.
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Attributed in the 'quote of the day' source code of the 'Fortune' computer program (June 1987); more at 'The Most Exciting Phrase in Science Is Not ‘Eureka!’ But ‘That’s funny …’' at Quote Investigator
