Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
ISAAC ASIMOVNothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
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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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The Earth should not be cut up into hundreds of different sections, each inhabited by a self-defined segment of humanity that considers its own welfare and its own “national security” to be paramount above all other consideration.
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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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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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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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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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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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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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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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