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

Quote by Isaac Asimov

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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood....

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood....

The trouble is that racial stereotypes, unfavourable to everyone but white men of northwest European...

The trouble is that racial stereotypes, unfavourable to everyone but white men of northwest European...

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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...

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut,...

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut,...

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...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

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

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

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

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.

From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed...

From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries,...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries,...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

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.

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

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.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today....

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today....

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

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

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.