Isaac Asimov Quotes

I fear my ignorance.

Isaac Asimov

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• Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.

  

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• That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.

  

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• The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

  

  Hanna Rosin
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• A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?

  

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• Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

  

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• I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.

  

  Jack Lowden
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• I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.

  

  Carla Bruni
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• If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Good
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• If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • Time
  • Control
  • Eyes

• Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Think
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• I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.

  

  Iman
  • Up
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• I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

  

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• Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Want
  • Fear
  • Emotions

• The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.

  

  Walter Kirn
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• My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.

  

  Safra A. Catz
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• Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

  

  E. B. White
  • Men
  • Luck
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• I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Innovation
  • New Things

• Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?

  

  H. Rider Haggard
  • Life
  • Up
  • Knowledge

• The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Job
  • Red
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• Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.

  

  Dane Cook
  • Guy
  • Cool
  • Awesome

• To be honest, while every market is very different, we are all still fundamentally moved and inspired by similar human truths - love, fear, belonging, desire, and so on.

  

  David Droga
  • Different
  • Fear
  • Desire

• Without danger I cannot be great. That is how I pay for Abel's blood. Danger and fear follow my steps everywhere. Without them courage would have no sense. And it is courage, courage, courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Fear
  • Danger
  • Steps

• I fear my ignorance.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Fear
  • Ignorance