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.
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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.
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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
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„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.
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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
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en: There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.
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„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.
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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.
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Isaac Asimov: Citáty v angličtine
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), Pebble in the Sky (1950), Chapter 1 "Between One Footsep and the Next" (p. 6)
“Seldon found himself raging at the passage of time.”
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993), Part 1 "Eto Demerzel", Chapter 5
“Earth governments in moments of stress are not famous for being reasonable.”
Zdroj: Short fiction, The Early Asimov Book One (1972), History (p. 297)