Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. 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."

- Isaac Asimov

"Isaac Asimov: “You’ve got to learn to laugh at yourself. If you don’t, someone else will do it for you, and you won’t enjoy it nearly as much.”"

- Isaac Asimov

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

"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

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."

- Isaac Asimov

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster."

- Isaac Asimov

"Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome."

- Isaac Asimov

"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself."

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

""Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.""

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

"My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it. Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself."

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome."

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov

"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent."

- Isaac Asimov

"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."

- Isaac Asimov

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

- Isaac Asimov