Isaac Asimov Quotes

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.