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?
ISAAC ASIMOVLife is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future – a good future, a useful future – and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about.
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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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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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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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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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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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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. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.
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Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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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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