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
“It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.”
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Empire (1952), Chapter 22 “Death on Neotrantor”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
The Gods Themselves
Section 3 “...contend in vain?”, Chapter 3 (p. 187)
The Gods Themselves (1972)
The Near East (1968), p. 260
General sources
"The Secrets of the Universe" (1989) (essay reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 168)
General sources
“The best way to describe anyone is to give an example of the kind of thing he would do.”
In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 499
General sources
The Annotated Gulliver's Travels (1980), p. 16
General sources
“Certain success evicts one from the paradise of winning against the odds.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 420
General sources
Star Wars was entertainment for the masses and did not try to be anything more. Leave your sophistication at the door, get into the spirit, and you can have a fun ride. … Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions, or reading a bad book for the dirty parts. Optical wizardry is something a movie can do that a book can’t but it is no substitute for a story, for logic, for meaning. It is ornamentation, not substance. In fact, whenever a science fiction picture is praised overeffusively for its special effects, I know it’s a bad picture. Is that all they can find to talk about?
"Editorial: The Reluctant Critic", in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 6, (12 November 1978) https://archive.org/stream/Asimovs_v02n06_1978-11-12/
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The Dark Ages (1968), p. 188
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The Near East (1968), p. 33
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“Religion is more conservative than any other aspect of human life.”
The Near East (1968), p. 14
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"Constructing a Man" in Is Anyone There? (1967), p. 93
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"On Flying Saucers" in Is Anyone There? (1967), pp. 215–216
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"Thinking About Thinking" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1975
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"Alas, All Human" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1979
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Our Federal Union (1975), p. 248
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“In the world of today can there be peace anywhere until there is peace everywhere?”
The Egyptians (1967), p. 241
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“Generals are usually a conservative force who can be relied on to oppose social change.”
The Egyptians (1967), p. 93
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Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 20 “Where?” (p. 166)
She said softly, “I have tried not to love you and, as you see, I have failed.”
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 19 “Defeat!” (p. 163)
“Then why did you run? A man who runs needs no other accusation.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
The Currents of Space
“Is that so? Really?” cried Steen. “Well, I would run out of a burning building even if I had not set the fire myself.”
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 16 “The Accused” (p. 163)
“You make interstellar politics sound a very dirty game.”
Isaac Asimov
kniha
The Currents of Space
“It is, but disapproving of dirt doesn’t remove it.”
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 14 “The Renegade” (p. 141)
