Isaac Asimov Berühmte Zitate
(Original engl.: "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" http://media.aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf, Newsweek (21 January 1980) Übersetzung: Grafite

„Gewalt ist die letzte Zuflucht des Unfähigen.“
Tausendjahresplan
(Original engl.: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent") - Foundation, Granada Publishing Limited, ohne ISBN, S.58
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Isaac Asimov Zitate und Sprüche
„Die Dankbarkeit ist am besten und effektivsten, wenn sie nicht in leeren Phrasen verdampft.“
aus Foundation and Empire, Übersetzung:Nino Barbieri
(Original engl.: " Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.") - Foundation and Empire, Granada Publishing Limited, ohne ISBN, S. 86
Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
Variante: Die richtig gelesene Bibel ist die mächtigste Kraft für den Atheismus, die wir uns vorstellen können.
aus Foundation, Übersetzung:Nino Barbieri
Original engl.: "Religion is one of the great civilizing influences of history, and in that respect, it's fulfilling." - Foundation, Granada Publishing Limited, ohne ISBN, S. 90
Isaac Asimov: Zitate auf Englisch
“No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth.”
Quelle: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 11 “The Captain” (p. 114)
“Is not all this an extraordinary concatenation of coincidence?”
Pelorat said, “If you list it like that—”
“List it any way you please,” said Trevize. “I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.”
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 14 “Forward!” section 1, p. 281
In Joy Still Felt (1980), pp. 286-287
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In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 217
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The Shaping of England (1969), p. 15
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"Worlds In Order" in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 63
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"The Nearest Star" (1989) (reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 82)
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“[W]hen one plays for top prizes one must be prepared to pay top stakes.”
The Roman Empire (1967), p. 125
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“Private profit is often hidden under a careful coating of great patriotism.”
The Roman Republic (1966), p. 128
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“It is the nature of science that answers automatically pose new and more subtle questions.”
The Wellsprings of Life (1960), p. 141
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"The World of 1990" in The Diners' Club Magazine, January 1965
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Quelle: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 3 “Chance and the Wrist Watch” (p. 30)
“Truth is a discredited commodity among diplomats.”
Quelle: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 6 “The Ambassador” (p. 64)
The Near East (1968), p. 31
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“Ideas are cheap. It's only what you do with them that counts.”
"The Secrets of the Universe" (1989) (essay reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 167)
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“It is surely better to be wronged than to do wrong.”
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 175
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“Scientific writing is abhorrently stylized and places a premium on poor quality.”
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975), p. 82
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Quelle: The Roman Empire (1967), p. 191
What Can We Expect of the Moon?" in The American Legion Magazine, March 1965
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The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993)
Quelle: Part 5 "Epilogue", Hari Seldon's last words
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Earth (1986)
Quelle: Part 1 "Gaia", Chapter 1 "The Search Begins" section 4, p. 19
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 16 "Beginning of War"
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 12 "Lord"
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 "Seldon's Plan"
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
“Finished products are for decadent minds.”
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
Quelle: Empire novels (1950–1952), Pebble in the Sky (1950), Chapter 5 "The Involuntary Volunteer" (p. 57)