The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
ISAAC ASIMOVI don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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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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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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The intelligent man is never bored.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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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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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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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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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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Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
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