American - Scientist | January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Isaac Asimov
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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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.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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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.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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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.
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