It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
ISAAC ASIMOVI don’t subscribe to the thesis, ‘Let the buyer beware,’ I prefer the disregarded one that goes, ‘Let the seller be honest.’
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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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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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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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 first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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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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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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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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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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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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