„Gewalt ist die letzte Zuflucht des Unfähigen.“
— Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov
Geburtstag: 2. Januar 1920
Todesdatum: 6. April 1992
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Isaac Asimov war ein russisch-amerikanischer Biochemiker, Sachbuchautor und einer der bekanntesten sowie produktivsten Science-Fiction-Schriftsteller seiner Zeit.
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„Die Dankbarkeit ist am besten und effektivsten, wenn sie nicht in leeren Phrasen verdampft.“
— Isaac Asimov
aus Foundation and Empire, Übersetzung:Nino Barbieri
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„Religion ist eine der großen zivilisatorischen Einflüsse der Geschichte und in der Beziehung befriedigend.“
— Isaac Asimov
aus Foundation, Übersetzung:Nino Barbieri
„Properly read, it is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.“
— Isaac Asimov
Context: If you suspect that my interest in the Bible is going to inspire me with sudden enthusiasm for Judaism and make me a convert of mountain‐moving fervor and that I shall suddenly grow long earlocks and learn Hebrew and go about denouncing the heathen — you little know the effect of the Bible on me. Properly read, it is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
As quoted in Notes for a Memoir : On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing (2006) by Janet Jeppson Asimov, p. 58
„The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.“
— Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Questions (1988), edited with Jason A. Shulman, p. 281<!-- New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson -->
„Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.“
— Isaac Asimov, Foundation
Part IV, The Traders, section 1; originally published as “The Wedge” in Astounding (October 1944)
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„The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."“
— Isaac Asimov
Context: There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
"A Cult of Ignorance", Newsweek (21 January 1980) http://media.aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf
„Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.“
— Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky
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„The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny ...'“
— Isaac Asimov
Context: The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny...
„Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.“
— Isaac Asimov
"Science Past, Science Future" (1975) p. 208
