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.
ISAAC ASIMOVIf knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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Old people think young people haven’t learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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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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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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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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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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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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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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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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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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