You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else. Isaac Asimov More Quotes by Isaac Asimov More Quotes From Isaac Asimov Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach. Isaac Asimov stars men reality We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do. Isaac Asimov moon science fall 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. Isaac Asimov guarantees-that emotional faith It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child. Isaac Asimov feels men children Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules. Isaac Asimov ignorance writing book When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it. Isaac Asimov problem writing book Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Isaac Asimov overpopulation democracy politics I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing. Isaac Asimov next psychological wanted There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his prophet. Isaac Asimov prophet masters said 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.] Isaac Asimov dying love-you book What would I do if I knew I only had six months to live? Type faster. Isaac Asimov six-months type faster Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all. Isaac Asimov lifelong science children I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation. Isaac Asimov patriotism humanity thinking When life is so harsh that a man loses all hope in himself, then he raises his eyes to a shining rock, worshipping it, just to find hope again, rather than looking to his own acts for hope and salvation. Yes, atheism IS a redemptive belief. It is theism that denies man's own redemptive nature. Isaac Asimov rocks eye men When I die I won't go to heaven or hell; there will just be nothingness. Isaac Asimov atheism heaven religion That's the harm of Close Encounters: that it convinces tens of millions that that's what just science fiction is. Isaac Asimov encounters harm fiction We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. Isaac Asimov understood forever trying Now remember, kids, the internet is serious business. Isaac Asimov serious-business remember kids 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. Isaac Asimov expect-nothing lifetime fiction We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects...and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity. Isaac Asimov assorted inanimate-objects natural
