Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
ISAAC ASIMOVNothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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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.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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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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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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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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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 most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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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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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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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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