Famous Quotes Name I

What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

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.

I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . .

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match.

University President Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers...and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn't even ask for erasers.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' (I found it

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -- when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions -- it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -- when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions -- it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

We have to believe in free will. Weve got no choice.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -- when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions -- it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

We have to believe in free will. We’ve got no choice.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Grammar school never taught me anything about grammar.

Diplomacy is to do and say, The nastiest thing in the nicest way.