Isaac Asimov Quotes

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what`s right.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It`s the transition that`s troublesome.

Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not `Eureka!` (I found it!) but `That`s funny ...`

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you`re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn`t, I would die.

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.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not `Eureka!` but `That`s funny...`

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn`t look up. Well, maybe once.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Creationists make it sound as though a `theory` is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what`s right.