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Isaac Asimov

1920 - 1992

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a renowned American author and biochemist, known for his prolific contributions to science fiction and popular science literature. He is celebrated for his Foundation series, Robot series, and his works exploring various aspects of science, shaping the genre and inspiring generations of readers with his visionary ideas.

  1. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

    Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, p. 70, 1988
    #life#death#transition

  2. Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

    Isaac AsimovFoundation
    #morals#ethics#integrity

  3. Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

    Isaac AsimovAsimov, Isaac. Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, p. 162. 1988
    #knowledge#wisdom#danger

  4. People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

    Isaac Asimovquoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/13/know-all/
    #knowledge#pride#annoyance

  5. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

    Isaac Asimovquoteinvestigator.com/2018/12/27/windows/
    #assumptions#perception#clarity

  6. Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

    Isaac AsimovFoundation, 1951
    #violence#incompetence#power

  7. Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

    Isaac AsimovIn Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954, p. 496, 1979
    #writing#labor#creativity

  8. Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

    Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov Predicts the Future, interview by Bill Moyers, 1988
    #education#self-improvement#belief

  9. I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

    Isaac AsimovAsimov: The Authorized Biography, p. 237, 2005
    #writing#existence#necessity

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

    Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, 1988, 78
    #science#engineering#change

  11. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

    Isaac AsimovThe Tragedy of the Commons, The Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
    #science#wisdom#sadness