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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Isaac Asimov

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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Creation Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Problem
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Computer Fear Myself
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way
Education isn’t something you can finish.
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Education One Liner Yourself
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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Believe Easy Education Failure Function Kind Myself School
You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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Advice Negative Oneself Yourself
The intelligent man is never bored.
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Boredom Intelligence Man One Liner
The Earth should not be cut up into hundreds of different sections, each inhabited by a self-defined segment of humanity that considers its own welfare and its own “national security” to be paramount above all other consideration.
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Different Earth Humanity Nation Security
He 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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Believe Easy Freedom Growth Liberty Photograph Rich Society
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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Belief Better Quite Thinking Universe Yourself
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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Acceptance Discrimination Equality Face Intelligence Intuition Investment Man Woman Yourself
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Annoy Greatness People Thinking
I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.
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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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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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Computer Replacement Teacher Technology

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