“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
“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.”
BusinessAll Quotes by Isaac Asimov
“Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.”
Computers“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“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“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
Science“It is not only the living who are killed in war.”
War“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
Death“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.”
Great“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“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
Computers“All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.”
Medical“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
Knowledge“To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.”
Nature“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
Education“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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Knowledge“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.”
Future“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“There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.”
Science“To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.”
God