The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
ISAAC ASIMOVThere seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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I don’t subscribe to the thesis, ‘Let the buyer beware,’ I prefer the disregarded one that goes, ‘Let the seller be honest.’
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
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The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.
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Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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