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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

Isaac Asimov

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future – a good future, a useful future – and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about.
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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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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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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. 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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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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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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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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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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