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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #11 |
From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #12 |
Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #13 |
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #14 |
Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #15 |
University President Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers...and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn't even ask for erasers. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #16 |
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' (I found it) but 'That's funny ...' -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #17 |
One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #18 |
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #19 |
You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. -- Isaac Asimov
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| Isaac Asimov -- Quote #20 |
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -- Isaac Asimov
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