en: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Isaac Asimov najznámejšie citáty
„Správne čítaná Biblia je najmocnejšou silou pre ateizmus, akú si vieme predstaviť.“
en: Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
Prisudzované výroky
Isaac Asimov Citáty o živote
en: I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
Prisudzované výroky
en: If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
Časopis LIFE, január 1984
Potvrdené výroky
„Život je šťastný. Smrť je pokojná. Je to prechod, ktorý je nepríjemný.“
en: Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Prisudzované výroky
Isaac Asimov citáty a výroky
en: Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.
z Free Inquiry, jar 1982
Potvrdené výroky
en: There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.
Prisudzované výroky
„Písanie je pre mňa jednoducho myslenie cez moje prsty.“
en: Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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en: If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
Prisudzované výroky
Varianta: Ak mám pravdu, (náboženskí fundamentalisti) nepôjdu do neba, lebo žiadneho neba niet. Ak majú pravdu oni, nepôjdu do neba, lebo sú pokrytci.
„Nebojím sa počítačov. Bojím sa ich nedostatku.“
en: I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.
Prisudzované výroky
Isaac Asimov: Citáty v angličtine
“No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
The Currents of Space
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 11 “The Captain” (p. 114)
“Is not all this an extraordinary concatenation of coincidence?”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Foundation’s Edge
Pelorat said, “If you list it like that—”
“List it any way you please,” said Trevize. “I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.”
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 14 “Forward!” section 1, p. 281
In Joy Still Felt (1980), pp. 286-287
General sources
In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 217
General sources
The Shaping of England (1969), p. 15
General sources
"Worlds In Order" in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 63
General sources
"The Nearest Star" (1989) (reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 82)
General sources
“[W]hen one plays for top prizes one must be prepared to pay top stakes.”
The Roman Empire (1967), p. 125
General sources
“Private profit is often hidden under a careful coating of great patriotism.”
The Roman Republic (1966), p. 128
General sources
“It is the nature of science that answers automatically pose new and more subtle questions.”
The Wellsprings of Life (1960), p. 141
General sources
"The World of 1990" in The Diners' Club Magazine, January 1965
General sources
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 3 “Chance and the Wrist Watch” (p. 30)
“Truth is a discredited commodity among diplomats.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
The Currents of Space
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 6 “The Ambassador” (p. 64)
The Near East (1968), p. 31
General sources
“Ideas are cheap. It's only what you do with them that counts.”
"The Secrets of the Universe" (1989) (essay reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 167)
General sources
“It is surely better to be wronged than to do wrong.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 175
General sources
“Scientific writing is abhorrently stylized and places a premium on poor quality.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975), p. 82
General sources
Zdroj: The Roman Empire (1967), p. 191
What Can We Expect of the Moon?" in The American Legion Magazine, March 1965
General sources
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Forward the Foundation
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993)
Zdroj: Part 5 "Epilogue", Hari Seldon's last words
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Foundation and Earth
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Earth (1986)
Zdroj: Part 1 "Gaia", Chapter 1 "The Search Begins" section 4, p. 19
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 16 "Beginning of War"
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 12 "Lord"
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 "Seldon's Plan"
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
“Finished products are for decadent minds.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
Isaac Asimov
kniha
Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), Pebble in the Sky (1950), Chapter 5 "The Involuntary Volunteer" (p. 57)
