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
“The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.”
Section 3, Chapter 10, p. 236
The Gods Themselves (1972)
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
Part III, The Mayors, section 2
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
As quoted in Philosophy on the Go (2007) by Joey Green, p. 222
General sources
“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 3
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.”
Section 3, Chapter 19, p. 287
Quelle: The Gods Themselves (1972)
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
Variante: It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.
Quelle: Foundation
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 13
Quelle: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.”
Quelle: Foundation and Empire
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
Variante: I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.