Isaac Asimov

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

science


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

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

computers


Isaac Asimov

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

computers


Isaac Asimov

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

death


Isaac Asimov

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

education


Isaac Asimov

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

fear


Isaac Asimov

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

funny


Isaac Asimov

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

funny


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

god


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

great


Isaac Asimov

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

great


Isaac Asimov

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

knowledge


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

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

knowledge


Isaac Asimov

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.

learning


Isaac Asimov

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

life


Isaac Asimov

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

life


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

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


Isaac Asimov

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.

men


Isaac Asimov

He had read much, if one considers his long life but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.

men


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