Isaac Asimov Quotes

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. 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.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’

At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .

John Dalton’s records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.