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?
ISAAC ASIMOVProperly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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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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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.
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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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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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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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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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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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