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Once you've dissected a joke, you're about where you are when you've dissected a frog. It's dead. (Isaac Asimov)
If anyone can be considered the greatest writer who ever lived, it is Shakespeare. View quote
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He is a dreamer of ancient times, or rather, of the myths of what ancient times used to be. Such men are harmless in themselves, but their queer lack of realism makes them fools for others. View quote
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To the rest of the Galaxy, if they are aware of us at all, Earth is but a pebble in the sky. To us it is home, and all the home we know. View quote
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Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well. View quote
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When an old person dies who has been a part of your life, it is part of your youth that dies. View quote
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It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable. View quote
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It is because you yourself fear the propaganda created, after all, only by the stupidity of your own bigots. View quote
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Is not all this an extraordinary concatenation of coincidence?” Pelorat said, "If you list it like that-” "List it any way you please,” said Trevize. "I don't believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence. View quote
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Such unsubtle escapism! Really, Dr. Fara, such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it. View quote
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Hypocrisy is a universal phenomenon. It ends with death, but not before. (Isaac Asimov)
It is very likely that there are many, many planets carrying life, even intelligent life, throughout the universe, because there are so many stars. By sheer chance, even if those chances are small, a great many life forms and a great many intelligences may exist. View quote
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Ponyets! They sent you?” "Pure chance,” said Ponyets, bitterly, "or the work of my own personal malevolent demon. View quote
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The foundation of all technology is fire. View quote
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If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power. View quote
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Surely there is no language more majestic than that of Shakespeare, Milton, and the King James Bible, and if I am to have one language that I know as only a native can know it, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate that it is English. View quote
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To him, a stilted geometric love of arrangement was "system,” an indefatigable and feverish interest in the pettiest facets of day-to-day bureaucracy was "industry,” indecision when right was "caution,” and blind stubbornness when wrong, "determination.”. View quote
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In my fiction I am careful to make everything probable and to tie up all loose ends. Real life is not hampered by such considerations. View quote
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It seems an uncommonly woundabout and hopelessly wigmawolish method of getting anywheahs. View quote
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Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes. View quote
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For man to become successful, for man to establish himself as the ruler of the planet, it was necessary for him to use his brain as something more than a device to make the daily routine of getting food and evading enemies a little more efficient. Man had to learn to control his environment. (Isaac Asimov)
I recognize the necessity of animal experiments with my mind but not with my heart. View quote
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Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it. View quote
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Titles are an important part of a story and I take considerable care in choosing one. In fact, I cannot start a story until I have chosen a title. View quote
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Tritt listened placidly, clearly understanding nothing, but content to be listening; while Odeen, transmitting nothing, was as clearly content to be lecturing. View quote
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