Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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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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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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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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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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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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I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
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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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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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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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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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