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• If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.

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  Religious, Hypocrite, Heaven

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• Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Knowing, Deep Life

  Isaac Asimov (2002). “It's Been a Good Life”, Pyr Books

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• Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.

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  Men, Intuition, Robots

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• He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means "I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve". It's easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.

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  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  "I, Asimov: A Memoir". Book by Isaac Asimov, p. 308, 1994.

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• Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.

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  Change, Science, Engineering

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• Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism... for testing your thoughts against the universe.

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  Absolute Truth, Testing, Absolutes

  "Bill Moyers' World Of Ideas" by Bill Moyers, May 1989.

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• The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

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  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "Betting On a Bass That Belts Them Out; Singing Fish Becomes Season’s Unlikely Hit" by Darragh Johnson, The Washington Post, July 30, 2000.

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• To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

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  Beautiful, Succeed, Planning

  Isaac Asimov (1986). “Foundation Trilogy”, Del Rey

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Philosophy

  Isaac Asimov (1986). “Foundation Trilogy”, Del Rey

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• Man's greatest asset is the unsettled mind.

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  Science, Men, Mind

  Isaac Asimov (1992). “The Complete Stories”, Anchor Books

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• Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.

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  Teacher, Math, Technology

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• 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.

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  Fall, May, Nonsense

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• Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This is disillusioning for those untrained in the scientific method, who thus turn to the rigid certainty of the Bible instead. There is something comfortable about a view that allows for no deviation and that spares you the painful necessity of having to think.

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  Science, Thinking, Views

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• You don't have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.

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  Eggs, Rotten, Able

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.308, Bantam

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• Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.

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  Science, Answers, Possibility

  Isaac Asimov (1977). “The road to infinity”, Doubleday Books

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• Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

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  Life, Attitude, Answers

  Isaac Asimov (2012). “Prelude to Foundation”, p.281, Spectra

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• The intelligent man is never bored.

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  Intelligent, Men, Bored

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• I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.

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  Believe, Independent, Science

  Isaac Asimov (1982). “Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine”

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• Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap. But tell them that the Martians are landing, and they scream and run.

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  Running, War, Cutting

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “The secret of the universe”, Doubleday Books

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• 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."

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  Mean, Ignorance, Knowledge

  "A Cult of Ignorance". Newsweek, January 21, 1980.

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

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  Life, Journey, Worry

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• In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

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  Life, Games, Chess Game

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• The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.

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  Lying, Used

  Isaac Asimov (2012). “Foundation's Edge”, p.239, Spectra

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• There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

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  Nature, Feelings, Natural

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