Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
ISAAC ASIMOVIf 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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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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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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My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.
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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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Education isn’t something you can finish.
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You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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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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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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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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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
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