Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimovwas an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was prolific and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 January 1920
CityPetrovichi, Russia
CountryUnited States of America
Isaac Asimov quotes about
... you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.
Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise-even in their own field.
There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once..
My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn't worth discussing.
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.