I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
ISAAC ASIMOVLife is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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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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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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The intelligent man is never bored.
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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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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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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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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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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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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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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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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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