Famous Isaac Asimov Quotations

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"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."
by Isaac Asimov
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
by Isaac Asimov
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."
by Isaac Asimov
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
by Isaac Asimov
"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."
by Isaac Asimov
"Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all."
by Isaac Asimov
"A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value."
by Isaac Asimov
"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."
by Isaac Asimov
"From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review."
by Isaac Asimov
"I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse."
by Isaac Asimov
"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them."
by Isaac Asimov
"I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them."
by Isaac Asimov
"I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander."
by Isaac Asimov
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them."
by Isaac Asimov
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."
by Isaac Asimov
"Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments."
by Isaac Asimov
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome"
by Isaac Asimov
"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. . .."
by Isaac Asimov
"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. . ."
by Isaac Asimov
"One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;
Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws."
by Isaac Asimov
"One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws."
by Isaac Asimov
"Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest."
by Isaac Asimov
"Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match."
by Isaac Asimov
"Saying something intelligent, as opposed to saying something, is very difficult even for me. I can imagine how it must be for most people."
by Isaac Asimov
"The Law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it"
by Isaac Asimov
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'"
by Isaac Asimov
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
by Isaac Asimov
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' (I found it) but 'That's funny ...'"
by Isaac Asimov
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...' by Isaac Asimov"
by The most exciting phrase to hear in science the one that heralds new discoveries is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...' by Isaac Asimov
"The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws."
by Isaac Asimov
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today."
by Isaac Asimov
"University President Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers...and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn't even ask for erasers."
by Isaac Asimov
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Never let your morals stop you from doing what is right."
by Isaac Asimov
"Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent."
by Isaac Asimov
"You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist."
by Isaac Asimov
"If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul."
by Isaac Asimov
"Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism."
by Isaac Asimov
"I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them"
by Isaac Asimov
"We can make inspired guesses, but we don"
by Isaac Asimov
"There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven."
by Isaac Asimov
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."
by Isaac Asimov
"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander."
by Isaac Asimov
"Though science can cause problems, it is not by ignorance that we will solve them."
by Isaac Asimov
"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."
by Isaac Asimov
"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all."
by Isaac Asimov
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
by Isaac Asimov
"At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. When you begin to approach the speed of light, hydrogen atoms become cosmic-ray particles, and they will fry the crew. ...So 60,000 kilometers per second may be the practical speed limit for space travel."
by Isaac Asimov
"Nästan femtio procent av oss människor dör inom tre månader efter vår senaste födelsedag. Endast åtta procent dör under de tre månaderna före födelsedagen."
by Isaac Asimov, Fantastiska Fakta
"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."
by Isaac Asimov
"Today there are over five billion people on the planet, and more are on the way. Each person has the potential to create and share an idea or invention that will change the course of history."
by Isaac Asimov
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...'"
by Isaac Asimov
"How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, ..."
by Isaac Asimov
"It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer ..."
by Isaac Asimov


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