The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
ISAAC ASIMOVToday’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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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 first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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They won’t listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don’t want the truth; they want their traditions.
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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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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
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Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women’s breasts if you lived in a society in which they were displayed at all times?
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.
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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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