Isaac Asimov

Scientist

52 Quotes

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.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

Jika pengetahuan dapat menciptakan masalah, bukan karena ketidaktahuan kita bisa menyelesaikannya.

Saya tidak berharap untuk hidup selamanya, namun saya berniat untuk bertahan hidup selama mungkin.

Orang-orang yang berpikir mereka tahu segalanya adalah gangguan besar bagi kita yang tahu.

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

Bukan hanya yang kehidupan yang terbunuh dalam peperangan.

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.

Jangan biarkan batasan moral menghalangimu dari melakukan apa yang baik.

Saya bukan pembaca kecepatan. Saya seorang pengamat kecepatan.

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

To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

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

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.

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.

Saya menulis untuk alasan yang sama halnya saat saya bernafas - karena jika tidak, saya akan mati.

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.

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

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.

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

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