There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
ISAAC ASIMOVToday’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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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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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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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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I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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They won’t listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don’t want the truth; they want their traditions.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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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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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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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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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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