952 Quotes by Isaac Asimov

Yet weren't all human beings simply human beings no matter what name you applied to them[?]

Education isn't something you can finish.

What’s the official answer to remarks like that?”“Nothing much...

She said, “I was just guessing.”He said, “No, you weren’t. Whatever it was, it wasn’t just guessing.

And now a hundred subjective years had passed in those hundred objective hours and he could no longer clearly visualize the university at all or the life of sad frustration he had been leading there toward the end.

During the century after Newton, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by 1800, this had become entirely impracticable.

The secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all.

¿Quieres ver el libro que traigo? -dijo Harlan.- ¿Es posible que lleves esos libros encima?- ¿Por qué no? El viaje en la cabina lleva bastante tiempo. No hay ninguna necesidad de desperdiciarlo.

The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect--but, nearly invariably, the stupidest.