Isaac Asimov Quotes
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Quotes to Explore
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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I have been fighting to protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights for decades.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.
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Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a universal and indisputable fact of science. As soon as the atomicity of radiation became established, this principle had to be discarded.
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If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind.
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
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I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
