The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

Quote by Isaac Asimov

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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I....

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I....

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions...

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions...

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

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

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

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

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

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and...

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and...

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

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

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing...

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing...

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

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

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

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

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

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

How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!

How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!

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

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

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger...

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.