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Isaac Asimov Quotes

Isaac Asimov quotes

American Scientist, Writer January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

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Isaac Asimov quote: "In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it..."
In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "They don't want equal time - they want all the time there is."
They don't want equal time - they want all the time there is. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream."
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream. Isaac Asimov
I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily. These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing. Isaac Asimov
Jessie rummaged through her purse for the necessary equipment. If there were one thing, Baley had once said solemnly, that had resisted mechanical improvement since medieval times, it was a woman's purse. Isaac Asimov
There never can be a man so lost as one who is lost in the vast and intricate corridors of his own lonely mind, where none may reach and none may save. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I..."
There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless. Isaac Asimov
Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency.” -R. Daneel Olivaw Isaac Asimov
Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach. Isaac Asimov
Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something. Isaac Asimov
Does everyone just believe what he wants to?"As long as possible. Sometimes longer."What about you?"You mean, am I human? Certainly. I don't believe I'm really old. I believe I'm quite attractive. I believe you seek out my company because you think I'm charming - even when you insist on turning the conversation to physics. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "I suppose there's no way of putting the mushroom cloud back..."
I suppose there's no way of putting the mushroom cloud back into that nice, shiny uranium sphere. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to..."
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov
Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful intuition, the agility of the fresh insight. They become accustomed to the more plodding varieties of reason, and because this is more than made up by the accumulation of experience, old men think themselves wiser than the young. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov quote: "To MankindAnd the hope that the war against follymay someday..."
To MankindAnd the hope that the war against follymay someday be won after all. Isaac Asimov

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