Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
ISAAC ASIMOVHe 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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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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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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It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
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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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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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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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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?
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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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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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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