Author: Isaac Asimov

Quotes

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

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

- Isaac Asimov

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

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

- Isaac Asimov

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

- Isaac Asimov

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

- Isaac Asimov

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

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

- 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.

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.

- Isaac Asimov

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

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

- Isaac Asimov

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

- Isaac Asimov

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

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

- Isaac Asimov

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