An atom blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.
Quotes from The Foundation series — Isaac Asimov
1920–1992 United States
80 quotes
The Foundation series (1951)
Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well.
The Foundation series (1951)
The spell of power never quite releases its hold.
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
It’s a dull world, full of farms and with lots of cattle, both four-legged and two-legged.
The Foundation series (1951)
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
The Foundation series (1951)
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
The Foundation series (1951)
You can always put something noble in a sneering fashion if you try.
The Foundation series (1951)
We abandoned the appearance of power to preserve the essence of it.
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
The Foundation series (1951)
The Foundation series (1951)
Apparently, mathematics and the martial arts are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
The Foundation series (1951)
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
The Foundation series (1951)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Isaac Asimov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.