“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
Knowledge
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
ComputersAll Quotes by Isaac Asimov
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.”
Great“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Knowledge“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
Education“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'”
Funny“It is not only the living who are killed in war.”
War“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.”
War“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.”
War“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.”
Good“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
Computers“To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.”
Nature“It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.”
Business“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.”
Change“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
Death“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
Science“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.”
Society“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
Funny“Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.”
Knowledge“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.”
Life“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.”
Science