952 Quotes by Isaac Asimov

You mean that this is a matter of patriotism and traders aren't patriotic?""Notoriously not. Pioneers never are.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

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.

Every vice of the Empire has been repeated in the Foundation. Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; nochange. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what istheirs.

من أتعس الحقائق في حياتنا اليوم أن العلم يُحصِّل المعارف أسرع كثيرًا مما يحصل الناس الحكمة.

Concerning the blindness and bigotry of people, the pleasures of hatred rise superior even to the instinct of self-preservation.

Señor Norman Muller, debo informarle, en nombre del presidente de los Estados Unidos, de que le han escogido para representar al electorado norteamericano el martes 4 de noviembre de 2008.

The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.

What was the first thing a man must do before he can be a man? He must be born. He must leave the womb; and once left, it could not be re-entered.