Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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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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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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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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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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