A. J. P. Taylor Quotes


Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. Isaac Asimov Education 135
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Isaac Asimov Death 133
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov Communication 123
All roads lead to Trantor and that is where all stars end. Isaac Asimov Philosophical 112
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light wont come in. Isaac Asimov Intelligence 111
To insult someone we call him bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be the greater insult. Isaac Asimov Nature 104
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov Change 104
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov Violence 101
There is no Master but the Master he said and QT1 is his prophet. Isaac Asimov Kindlehighlight 101
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov computers 100
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov Computer 96
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. Isaac Asimov Science 90
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. Isaac Asimov Burden 89
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. Isaac Asimov Reading 88
Though science can cause problems, it is not by ignorance that we will solve them. Isaac Asimov Science 88
Intelligence is an accident of evolution and not necessarily an advantage. Isaac Asimov Intelligence 86
It was obvious that bigotry was never a oneway operation that hatred bred hatred Isaac Asimov Racism 85
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live I wouldnt brood. Id type a little faster. Isaac Asimov Writing 84
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. Isaac Asimov Science 84
Its the writing that teaches you. Isaac Asimov Writing craft 80
It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong. Isaac Asimov Science 74
Society is much more easily soothed than ones own conscience. Isaac Asimov Sociology 74
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. Isaac Asimov Science 73
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. Isaac Asimov God 72
Theres so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned. Isaac Asimov Science fiction 69
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov Account 69
It is always useful you see to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research. Isaac Asimov Politics 69
The age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters to get their primitive material were forced to be literate. Isaac Asimov Youth 69
We can make inspired guesses, but we don Isaac Asimov Creation 67
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. Isaac Asimov Knowledge 65
Jokes of the proper kind properly told can do more to enlighten questions of politics philosophy and literature than any number of dull arguments. Isaac Asimov Science 65
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. Isaac Asimov Computer 63
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov Funny 60
Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters. Isaac Asimov Psychology 60
Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all. Isaac Asimov Science 60
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream. Isaac Asimov Dreams 60
From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review. Isaac Asimov Bad 59
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Isaac Asimov Knowledge 59
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. Isaac Asimov Error 58
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov Best Life 58
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov Morals 56
All evil is good become cancerous. Isaac Asimov Evil 56
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 Society 56
It is not only the living who are killed in war. Isaac Asimov Living 55
Emotionally I am an atheist. I dont have the evidence to prove that God doesnt exist but I so strongly suspect he doesnt that I dont want to waste my time. Isaac Asimov Belief 55
The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit. Isaac Asimov Life 53
Its your fiction that interests me. Your studies of the interplay of human motives and emotion. Isaac Asimov Psychology 53
Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world. Isaac Asimov Disaster 49
Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason. Isaac Asimov Pain 49
All normal life Peter consciously or otherwise resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior or by a supposed inferior the resentment becomes stronger. Isaac Asimov Politics 47

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