Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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

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

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life...

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life...

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....

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....

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.

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!

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.

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...

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

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

To insult someone we call him estial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be...

To insult someone we call him estial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be...

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...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

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...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...