There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural. Isaac Asimov More Quotes by Isaac Asimov More Quotes From Isaac Asimov I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.' Isaac Asimov buyers enlightening honest They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don't want the truth; they want their traditions. Isaac Asimov eye would-be past You wait for the war to happen like vultures. If you want to help, prevent the war. Don't save the remnants. Save them all. Isaac Asimov waiting want war Dreams may be impossible, yet still be dreamed. Isaac Asimov dream impossible may Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. Isaac Asimov computer honesty technology Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. Isaac Asimov ignorance danger believe The Earth should not be cut up into hundreds of different sections, each inhabited by a self-defined segment of humanity that considers its own welfare and its own "national security" to be paramount above all other consideration. Isaac Asimov cutting humanity self A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed. Isaac Asimov wisdom wise inspirational Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless. Isaac Asimov possibility answers science Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage. Isaac Asimov evolution funny science My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. Creation is embarrassing. For every new good idea you have, there are a hundred, ten thousand foolish ones. Isaac Asimov creativity feelings ideas Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers? Isaac Asimov answers attitude life Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. Isaac Asimov engineering change science It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. Isaac Asimov nonsense may fall Radiation, unlike smoking, drinking, and overeating, gives no pleasure, so the possible victims object. Isaac Asimov drinking giving science The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers. Isaac Asimov suffering doe art It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different frills. Isaac Asimov different add thinking The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day. Isaac Asimov next-day matter sleep To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values, there is no need to do anything. We need only do nothing except what comes naturally, and breed. And how easy it is to do nothing Isaac Asimov anarchy population needs Having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be. Isaac Asimov coincidence-in-life unusual coincidence
