Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
ISAAC ASIMOVAnything 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?
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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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 saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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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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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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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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Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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The intelligent man is never bored.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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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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Old people think young people haven’t learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.
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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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