It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
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.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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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 day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Old people think young people haven’t learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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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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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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