336 quotes
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
The Three Laws of Robotics (1942)
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations (1988)
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
The Stars in Their Courses (1974)
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
The Three Laws of Robotics (1942)
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
An atom blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.
The Foundation series (1951)
Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no reasonable certainty anywhere.
The Foundation series (1951)
If the love of money is the root of all evil, the need of money is most certainly the root of all despair.
The Early Asimov Book One (1972)
The purpose of aphorisms is to keep fools who have memorised them from having nothing to say.
In Memory Yet Green (1979)
Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.
The Early Asimov Book Two (1972)
You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates.
Robot series (1950)
Earth governments in moments of stress are not famous for being reasonable.
The Early Asimov Book One (1972)
Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well.
The Foundation series (1951)
Economics is on the side of humanity now.
Empire novels (1950)
The greatest single problem facing humanity today is the multiplicity of people.
I. Asimov: A Memoir (1994)
Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.
What a human being believes, however, no matter with what ardor, is not necessarily objective truth.
Azazel (1988)
The whole world seems to live under the banner: “Freedom is wonderful—but only for me.”
I. Asimov: A Memoir (1994)
There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.
Robot series (1950)
The spell of power never quite releases its hold.
The Foundation series (1951)