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The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.

Isaac Asimov

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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Advice Chess Game Life
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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Attraction Interest Live Society Time Woman
Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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Advantage Evolution Intelligence Necessary
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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Bad Feeling Job Myself Quite Simplicity Worth
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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End Happiness History
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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Discover Excitement Funny Science
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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Believe Easy Education Failure Function Kind Myself School
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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Commitment Enough Eyes Human Love Myself Optimism Race Stupidity Suicide Wonderful
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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Confidence Myself Right Wrong
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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Dreams Himself Live Thinking
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Book Reading Value Worth
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way
Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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End Journey Life Worry Yourself
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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Decision Philosophy World
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Different Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Uncertain Yourself
If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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Persistence Success Talent Yourself

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