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Isaac Asimov bol veľmi úspešný a neobyčajne plodný americký spisovateľ a biochemik známy vďaka svojim sci-fi knihám a populárno-vedeckým prácam.

✵ 1920 – 6. apríl 1992
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„Najsmutnejší aspekt dnešného života je, že veda získava poznatky oveľa rýchlejšie, ako spoločnosť nadobúda múdrosť.“

Isaac Asimov

en: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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„Aj nepatrná myšlienka, ktorá je mylná, môže viesť k plodnému skúmaniu, ktoré môže nastoliť pravdy veľkej hodnoty.“

Isaac Asimov

„Rozlišujeme pitie a pijanstvo. K druhému sa uchyľujeme len vtedy, keď ťažoba života láme nám chrbticu.“

Isaac Asimov

„Násilie je posledné útočisko neschopných.“

Isaac Asimov

Salvor Hardin, Nadácia

„Správne čítaná Biblia je najmocnejšou silou pre ateizmus, akú si vieme predstaviť.“

Isaac Asimov

en: Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
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Isaac Asimov Citáty o živote

„Neverím v posmrtný život, a tak nemusím tráviť celý môj život v strachu pred peklom, alebo v ešte väčšom strachu pred nebom. Nech sú muky pekla akékoľvek, myslím že nuda v nebi by bola ešte horšia.“

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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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„Keby mi doktor povedal, že mám len šesť minút života, nepremýšlal by som. Písal by som o trochu rýchlejšie.“

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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.“

Isaac Asimov

en: Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Isaac Asimov citáty a výroky

„Emocionálne som ateista. Nemám žiadne fakty, aby som dokázal, že Boh neexistuje, ale tak silne to tuším, že nechcem strácať čas.“

Isaac Asimov

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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O bohu , O čase

„Nie je nič desivé na nekonečnom bezsennom spánku. Určite je to lepšie ako nekonečné muky v pekle a nekonečná nuda v nebi.“

Isaac Asimov

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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O pekle , O spánku

„Písanie je pre mňa jednoducho myslenie cez moje prsty.“

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en: Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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„Ak vedomosti môžu vytvárať problémy, nie je to ignorantstvo čo ich vie vyriešiť.“

Isaac Asimov

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O problémoch

„Ak mám pravdu, (náboženskí fundamentalisti) nepôjdu do neba, lebo žiadneho neba niet. Ak majú pravdu oni, nepôjdu do neba, lebo sú pokrytci.“

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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.

O pravde

„Nebojím sa počítačov. Bojím sa ich nedostatku.“

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en: I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.
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O boji

„Myslím si, že desať mileniek je lepších, ako jedna manželka. Pretože som dobrý manžel, môžem iba snívať.“

Isaac Asimov
O milenkách

„Tri základné zákony robotiky. Po prvé, robot nesmie zraniť ľudskú bytosť alebo dovoliť, aby sa jej v dôsledku nečinnosti ublížilo. Po druhé, robot musí poslúchať príkazy ľudských bytostí, okrem prípadov, keď by takéto príkazy boli v rozpore s prvým zákonom. Po tretie, robot musí chrániť svoju vlastnú existenciu, pokiaľ takáto ochrana nie je v rozpore s prvým a druhým zákonom.“

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O zákonoch

Isaac Asimov: Citáty v angličtine

“You wait for the war to happen like vultures. If you want to help, prevent the war. Don't save the remnants. Save them all.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha The Gentle Vultures

"The Gentle Vultures" in Super-Science Fiction (December 1957)
General sources

“Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot

“Liar!”, p. 89
I, Robot (1950)

“If you were to insist I was a robot, you might not consider me capable of love in some mystic human sense, but you would not be able to distinguish my reactions from that which you would call love — so what difference would it make?”

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Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 20 “Conclusion” section 4, p. 420

“I recognize the necessity of animal experiments with my mind but not with my heart.”

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"Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat" (August 1972), in The Tragedy of the Moon (1973), p. 153
General sources

“It was easy to cover up ignorance by the mystical word “intuition.””

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Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 18 “Collision” section 4, p. 377

“Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it.”

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An Interview with Isaac Asimov (1979)

“Titles are an important part of a story and I take considerable care in choosing one. In fact, I cannot start a story until I have chosen a title.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha Banquets of the Black Widowers

Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984), p. 27
General sources

“Tritt listened placidly, clearly understanding nothing, but content to be listening; while Odeen, transmitting nothing, was as clearly content to be lecturing.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha The Gods Themselves

Section 2 “...the gods themselves...”, Chapter 1b, p. 82
The Gods Themselves (1972)

“Why, Stephen, if I am right, it means that the Machine is conducting our future for us not only simply in direct answer to our direct questions, but in general answer to the world situation and to human psychology as a whole. And to know that may make us unhappy and may hurt our pride. The Machine cannot, must not, make us unhappy.
"Stephen, how do we know what the ultimate good of Humanity will entail? We haven't at our disposal the infinite factors that the Machine has at its! Perhaps, to give you a not unfamiliar example, our entire technical civilization has created more unhappiness and misery than it has removed. Perhaps an agrarian or pastoral civilization, with less culture and less people would be better. If so, the Machines must move in that direction, preferably without telling us, since in our ignorant prejudices we only know that what we are used to, is good—and we would then fight change. Or perhaps a complete urbanization, or a completely caste-ridden society, or complete anarchy, is the answer. We don't know. Only the Machines know, and they are going there and taking us with them."
"But you are telling me, Susan, that the 'Society for Humanity' is right; and that Mankind has lost its own say in its future."
"It never had any, really. It was always at the mercy of economic and sociological forces it did not understand—at the whims of climate, and the fortunes of war. Now the Machines understand them; and no one can stop them, since the Machines will deal with them as they are dealing with the Society,—having, as they do, the greatest of weapons at their disposal, the absolute control of our economy."
"How horrible!”

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Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot

"Perhaps how wonderful! Think, that for all time, all conflicts are finally evitable. Only the Machines, from now on, are inevitable!"
“The Evitable Conflict”, p. 192
I, Robot (1950)

“Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history: the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the usual despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal “honor” and court etiquette.”

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Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 4
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)

“Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha The Road to Infinity

The Road to Infinity (1979), p. 170
General sources

“All life is nucleic acid; the rest is commentary”

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Isaac Asimov kniha The Relativity of Wrong

"The Relativity of Wrong" (1988) - "Beginning with Bone" (May 1987)
General sources

“There is more to a science fiction story than the science it contains. There is also the story.”

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Robot Dreams (1986), introduction
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“The military mind remains unparalleled as a vehicle of creative stupidity.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha In Memory Yet Green

In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 461
General sources

“Asimov: Science fiction always bases its future visions on changes in the levels of science and technology. And the reason for that consistency is simply that—in reality—all other changes throughout history have been irrelevant and trivial. For example, what difference did it make to the people of the ancient world that Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire? Obviously, that event made some difference to a lot of individuals. But if you look at humanity in general, you'll see that life went on pretty much as it had before the conquest.
On the other hand, consider the changes that were made in people's daily lives by the development of agriculture or the mariner's compass… and by the invention of gunpowder or printing. Better yet, look at recent history and ask yourself, "What difference would it have made if Hitler had won World War II?" Of course, such a victory would have made a great difference to many people. It would have resulted in much horror, anguish, and pain. I myself would probably not have survived.
But Hitler would have died eventually, and the effects of his victory would gradually have washed out and become insignificant—in terms of real change—when compared to such advances as the actual working out of nuclear power, the advent of television, or the invention of the jet plane.”

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Mother Earth News interview (1980)

“Weisinger, a couple of years ago, made up the following story: "Isaac Asimov was asked how Superman could fly faster than the speed of light, which was supposed to be an absolute limit. To this Asimov replied, 'That the speed of light is a limit is a theory; that Superman can travel faster than light is a fact.'"
I assure you it never happened and I never said it, but it will be repeated, I am quite certain, indefinitely, and it will probably be found in Bartlett's quotations a century from now, attributed to me, after all my writings have been forgotten.”

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"Science Fiction, 1938" Nebula Winners 14 (1980) edited by Frederick J. Pohl, p. 97
General sources

“I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.”

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Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright (1978), p. 235
General sources

“I suppose he’s entitled to his opinion, but I don’t suppose it very hard.”

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“Seven Steps to Grand Master” in Nebula Awards 22 (1988), edited by George Zebrowski
General sources

“I wouldn't give an astrologer the time of day.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha In Memory Yet Green

In Memory Yet Green (Avon Books, 1979), p. 18
General sources

“He is energetic only in evading responsibility.”

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Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 2
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)

“The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.””

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Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot

“Catch That Rabbit”, p. 65
I, Robot (1950)

“Just you think first, and don’t bother to speak afterward, either.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot

“Catch That Rabbit”, p. 71
I, Robot (1950)

“All mankind, right down to those you most despise, are your neighbors.”

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"Lost in Non-Translation" (1989), in Magic (Voyager, 1997) p. 270
General sources

““You’re the U. S. Robot’s psychologist, aren’t you?”
“Robopsychologist, please.”
“Oh, are robots so different from men, mentally?”
“Worlds different.” She allowed herself a frosty smile, “Robots are essentially decent.””

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Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot

“Evidence”, p. 151
I, Robot (1950)

““That was the time to begin all-out preparations for war.”
“On the contrary. That was the time to begin all-out prevention of war.””

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Part III, The Mayors, section 1
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)

“Science is a systematic method for studying and working out those generalizations that seem to describe the behavior of the universe. It could exist as a purely intellectual game that would never affect the practical life of human beings either for good or evil, and that was very nearly the case in ancient Greece, for instance. Technology is the application of scientific findings to the tools of everyday life, and that application can be wise or unwise, useful or harmful. Very often, those who govern technological decisions are not scientists and know little about science.”

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"By the Numbers" (May 1973), in The Tragedy of the Moon (1973), p. 190
General sources

“Plowboy: In your opinion, what are mankind's prospects for the near future?
Asimov: To tell the truth, I don't think the odds are very good that we can solve our immediate problems. I think the chances that civilization will survive more than another 30 years—that it will still be flourishing in 2010—are less than 50 percent.
Plowboy: What sort of disaster do you foresee?
Asimov: I imagine that as population continues to increase—and as the available resources decrease—there will be less energy and food, so we'll all enter a stage of scrounging. The average person's only concerns will be where he or she can get the next meal, the next cigarette, the next means of transportation. In such a universal scramble, the Earth will be just plain desolated, because everyone will be striving merely to survive regardless of the cost to the environment. Put it this way: If I have to choose between saving myself and saving a tree, I'm going to choose me.
Terrorism will also become a way of life in a world marked by severe shortages. Finally, some government will be bound to decide that the only way to get what its people need is to destroy another nation and take its goods … by pushing the nuclear button.
And this absolute chaos is going to develop—even if nobody wants nuclear war and even if everybody sincerely wants peace and social justice—if the number of mouths to feed continues to grow. Nothing will be able to stand up against the pressure of the whole of humankind simply trying to stay alive!”

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Mother Earth News interview (1980)

“Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise — even in their own field.”

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Zdroj: The Roving Mind (1983), Ch. 25

“The facts, gentlemen, and nothing but the facts, for careful eyes are narrowly watching.”

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Isaac Asimov kniha Fact and Fancy

Fact and Fancy (1962), p. 11
General sources

“An atom blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.”

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Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 13
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)

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