Isaac Asimov Quotes - Page 17

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• Fifty years," I hackneyed, "is a long time." "Not when you're looking back at them," she said. "You wonder how they vanished so quickly.

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  Years, Long, Fifty

  Isaac Asimov (1950). “I, Robot”, Roc

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• I don't expect to live forever, nor do I repine over that, but I am weak enough to want to be remembered forever. - Yet how few of those who have lived, even of those who have accomplished far more than I have, linger on in world memory for even a single century after death

  Isaac Asimov

  Memories, Forever, World

  Isaac Asimov (2002). “It's Been a Good Life”, Pyr Books

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• The whole business is the crudest sort of stratagem, since we have no way of foreseeing it to the end. It is a mere paying out of rope on the chance that somewhere along the length of it will be a noose.

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  Way, Rope, Chance

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• This idea [standardized time zones] was first advanced and fought for by Sandford Fleming of Canada and Charles F. Dowd of the United States. I mention them chiefly because like so many benefactors of mankind they have been rewarded by total obscurity.

  Isaac Asimov

  Time Zones, Ideas, United States

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• Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fifty-one." (Those would be my next-to-last words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. -Janet.]

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  Book, Love You, Dying

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.300, Bantam

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• Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Business

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity: The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory. The time periods dealt with are in the region of 3 generations. The population must be in the billions (±75 billions) for a statistical probability to have a psychohistorical validity.

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  Population, Three, Generations

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• God, how that stings! I've spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that's just science fiction.

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  Fiction, Lifetime, Expect Nothing

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• I type 90 words per minute on the typewriter; I type 100 words per minute on the word processor. But, of course, I don't keep that up indefinitely - every once in a while I do have to think a few seconds.

  Isaac Asimov

  Thinking, Typewriters, Minutes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my school, but most of it was backed by other ways of learning - chiefly in the books I obtained in the public library.

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  Book, Reading, School

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• Fertility is hereditary. If your parents didn't have any children, neither will you. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

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  Children, Parent, Fertility

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• It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with words and weapons, a true offensive against the common problems that threaten human survival is not very likely. A world government that can channel human efforts in the direction of the great solutions seems desirable, even essential. Naturally, such a world government should be a federal one, with regional and local autonomy safeguarded and with cultural diversity promoted.

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  Emotional, World Government, Law

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• I don't think I've ever held a racket in my hand ... There's got to be somebody in the US who isn't trying to play tennis and stinking up the court.

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  Thinking, Hands, Play

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• Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them.

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  Assumption, Shakes, Universe

  Isaac Asimov (1983). “The Robot Collection: The Robot Novels”, Doubleday Books

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• I am all for cultural diversity and would be willing to see each recognizable group value its cultural heritage. I am a New York patriot, for instance, and if I lived in Los Angeles, I would love to get together with other New York expatriates and sing "Give My Regards to Broadway".

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  New York, Diversity, Giving

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.591, Bantam

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• Arthur Clarke says that I am first in science and second in science fiction in accordance with an agreement we have made. I say he is first in science fiction and second in science.

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  Agreement, Fiction, Firsts

  Isaac Asimov (1995). “Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters”, Doubleday Books

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• We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects...and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity.

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  Inanimate Objects, Natural, Assorted

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• Author's Notes: This story starts with section 6. This is not a mistake. I have my own subtle reasoning. So, just read, and enjoy.

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  Mistake, Stories, Subtle

  Isaac Asimov (2011). “The Gods Themselves”, p.3, Spectra

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• There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his prophet.

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  Prophet, Said, Masters

  Isaac Asimov (1950). “I, Robot”, Roc

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• Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests.

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  Thinking, People, Needs

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• Economics is on the side of humanity now.

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  Humanity, Sides, Economics

  Isaac Asimov (1952). “Triangle: The currents of space; Pebble in the sky; The stars, like dust”

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• It is the nature of the mind that makes individuals kin, and the differences in the shape, form or manner of the material atoms out of whose intricate relationships that mind is built are altogether trivial.

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  Differences, Mind, Atoms

  "The Beginning and the End". Book by Isaac Asimov, 1977.

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• I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

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  Reading, Speed Reading, Speed

  Isaac Asimov (1995). “Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters”, Doubleday Books

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• Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.

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  Faith, Emotional, Guarantees That

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.

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  Kings, Winning, Skills

  Isaac Asimov (1951). “Foundation”

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