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Isaac Asimov

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
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Argument Enlightenment Joke Kind Literature Philosophy Politics Question
The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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Fools Greatness Security Success
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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Fundamental Heaven Hypocrisy Religious Right
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Capability Choice Option Refuge Violence
If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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Persistence Success Talent Yourself
Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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One Liner Sound True
It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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Animal Human Humble Plant Thinking World
At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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Fear Hold Past Time
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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Believe Education Kind Myself
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Deep Intelligence Nation Patriot Safety Stupidity
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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Bad Feeling Job Myself Quite Simplicity Worth
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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Easy Emotion Person Reason
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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Believe Easy Freedom Growth Liberty Photograph Rich Society
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way
It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
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Confidence Myself Right Wrong
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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Fingers Myself Simplicity Thinking Writing

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