en: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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„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
"The “Threat” of Creationism" http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/azimov_creationism.html in New York Times Magazine (14 June 1981)<!-- reprinted Science and Creationism (1984) edited by M. F. Ashley Montagu, p. 184 --> <br class="br">General sources <br class="br">Kontext: There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance only implies ignorance that may someday be conquered. To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
Isaac Asimov kniha Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Pebble in the Sky
“The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Gods Themselves
Section 3, Chapter 10, p. 236
The Gods Themselves (1972)
Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot
Zdroj: I, Robot (1950), “Reason”, p. 63
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation
Part III, The Mayors, section 2
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Isaac Asimov kniha The Caves of Steel
Zdroj: The Caves of Steel
As quoted in Philosophy on the Go (2007) by Joey Green, p. 222
General sources
“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 3
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Gods Themselves
Section 3, Chapter 19, p. 287
Zdroj: The Gods Themselves (1972)
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation
Varianta: It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.
Zdroj: Foundation
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 13
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot
“Introduction”, p. 8
Zdroj: I, Robot (1950)
Isaac Asimov kniha Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Pebble in the Sky
“Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation and Empire
Zdroj: Foundation and Empire
