People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
ISAAC ASIMOVPeople who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
ISAAC ASIMOVIf 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.
ISAAC ASIMOVTo succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
ISAAC ASIMOVYou don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.
ISAAC ASIMOVJokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
ISAAC ASIMOVHuman beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
ISAAC ASIMOVIt is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
ISAAC ASIMOVWas there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
ISAAC ASIMOVUncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
ISAAC ASIMOVViolence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
ISAAC ASIMOVIf 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.
ISAAC ASIMOVI don’t subscribe to the thesis, ‘Let the buyer beware,’ I prefer the disregarded one that goes, ‘Let the seller be honest.’
ISAAC ASIMOVThe day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
ISAAC ASIMOVAnything 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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