We mythologists know very well that myths and legends contain borrowings, moral lessons, nature cycles, and a hundred other distorting influences, and we labor to cut them away and get to what might be a kernel of truth. In fact, these same techniques must be applied to the most sober histories, for no one writes the clear and apparent truth—if such a thing can even be said to exist.
Isaac AsimovAny technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech - and both are still dangerous to this day - but human beings would not be human without them.
Isaac AsimovTags: technology speech fire prometheus technological-evolution
The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides.
Isaac AsimovTags: crowds urban-life population-density
What lasts in the reader’s mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase created: laughter, tears, pain, joy. If the phrase is not affecting the reader, what’s it doing there? Make it do its job or cut it without mercy or remorse.
Isaac AsimovTags: writing-advice isaac-asimov
It's just that old people always think young people haven't really learned about love; and young people think that old people have forgotten about love; and, you know, they're both wrong.
Isaac AsimovShe possesses what someone once described to me as all the unlovable virtues.
Isaac AsimovHumanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
Isaac AsimovTags: science future lost humanity stars ignorance superstition importance folly juvenile
U istoriji ne postoje srećni završeci, postoje samo krizne tačke koje odu u prošlost.
Isaac AsimovNow any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.
Isaac AsimovTags: sf foundation asimov
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Isaac AsimovTags: sf foundation asimov
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