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Isaac Asimov Quotes
«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.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Boredom
| Keywords:
afterlife, boredom, fearing, tortures
«It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. 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.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Change
| Keywords:
account, any longer, as it is, continuing, decision, dominant, factor, factor in, inevitable, longer, not only, sensible, society, take account, take into account, taking
«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.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Writers
| Keywords:
bleed, copiously, fall into, groups, observation, review, reviewed, reviewing, secretly, visibly, writers
«A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.»
«There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Science
| Keywords:
brighten, brightening, brightens
«A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics]»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| Keywords:
First Law, orders, robot, robotics, robots, Second law, second law of
«Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Computers
| Keywords:
competently, computer program, inhumanity, programmed, smoothly
«Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Future,
Humanity
| Keywords:
juvenile, juveniles, superstition