Isaac Asimov Quotes
If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power.
Quotes to Explore
-
I talk every day about doing the right thing.
-
You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
-
Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
-
All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
-
I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
-
I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
-
The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
-
It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
-
I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
-
E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
-
I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.
-
A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
-
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
-
It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.
-
Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
-
I love to smile.
-
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
-
You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
-
Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.
-
I love 3D a lot, I have a great interest in 3D, so if I am given the tools to do a project with 3D, it's a dream for me.
-
If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
-
I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope is not in who governs us as a nation. It's not in Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or Ron Paul. Our hope is in the power of God and his gospel working in the hearts of people.
-
I have not the particular shining bauble or feather in my cap for crowds to gaze at or kneel to, but I have power and resolution for foes to tremble at.
-
If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power.
