“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
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'”
FunnyAll Quotes by Isaac Asimov
“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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
Death“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“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“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
Computers“To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.”
God“There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.”
Science“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“It is not only the living who are killed in war.”
War“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“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
Knowledge“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
Science“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“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.”
Great“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“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
Funny“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Knowledge“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