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.
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Isaac Asimov
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About Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of t…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Isaac AsimovTo surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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