Isaac Asimov

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”

“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always 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.'”

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”

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

“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. 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.”

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'”

“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”