Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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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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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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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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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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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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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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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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Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.
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