If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.
Isaac Asimov
Rules, Justice, Morality, Law, Obedience, Reason
Isaac Asimov’s Quotes On Topics
Folly | Humility | Human Nature | Night Fear | Independent Proof | Brain | Educational Gaps | Accusation | Reason | Fact | Appearance Reality | Successive Losses | Attention | Patriot | Human Cruelty | Lifestyle | Unusual | Work Ethics | Human Insight | Misconceptions | More
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
“Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.” Isaac Asimov
Mathematicians Income, Humor Reality, Numbers, Society, Perspective, Irony
Isaac Asimov Mathematicians Income, Humor Reality, Numbers, Society, Perspective, Irony“Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.” Isaac Asimov
Democracy, Population, Society, Politics, Survival, Resources
Isaac Asimov Democracy, Population, Society, Politics, Survival, Resources“Psychohistory was the quintessence of sociology; it was the science of human behavior reduced to mathematical equations. The individual human being is unpredictable, but the reactions of human mobs, Seldon found, could be treated statistically.” Isaac Asimov
Sociology Equations, Predictable Mobs, Psychohistory, Behavior, Sociology, Equations
Isaac Asimov Sociology Equations, Predictable Mobs, Psychohistory, Behavior, Sociology, Equations“But people who are capable of thinking clearly are in a minority, of course.” Isaac Asimov
Clear Thinking, Rationality Truth, Logical Minds, Mental, Clarity, Depth
Isaac Asimov Clear Thinking, Rationality Truth, Logical Minds, Mental, Clarity, Depth“You can’t maintain discipline that way.” Mallow said icily, “I can. There’s no merit in discipline under ideal circumstances. I’ll have it in the face of death, or it’s useless.” Isaac Asimov
Discipline, Determination, Strength, Willpower, Resistance, Challenge
Isaac Asimov Discipline, Determination, Strength, Willpower, Resistance, Challenge“You are never too old to learn more than you already know and to become able to do more than you already can.” Isaac Asimov
Lifelong Learning, Growth Opportunity, Age, Potential, Education, Capability
Isaac Asimov Lifelong Learning, Growth Opportunity, Age, Potential, Education, Capability“All that had been done in the mid-twentieth century on “calculating machines” had been upset by Robertson and his positronic brain-paths. The miles of relays and photocells had given way to the spongy globe of plantinumiridium about the size of a human brain. She.” Isaac Asimov
Computers Innovation, Technological Progress, Science Fiction, Robots, Development, Future
Isaac Asimov Computers Innovation, Technological Progress, Science Fiction, Robots, Development, Future“Saying something is ‘too bad’ is easy. You say you disapprove, which makes you a nice person, and then you can go about your business and not be interested anymore. It’s a lot worse than ‘too bad.’ It’s against everything decent and natural.” Isaac Asimov
Decency Values, Social Accountability, Disapproval, Indifference, Criticism, Action
Isaac Asimov Decency Values, Social Accountability, Disapproval, Indifference, Criticism, Action“The psychohistoric trend of a planet-full of people contains a huge inertia. To be changed it must be met with something possessing a similar inertia. Either as many people must be concerned, or if the number of people be relatively small, enormous time for change must be allowed.” Isaac Asimov
Planetary Change, Social Inertia, Psychohistory, Momentum, Transformation, Society
Isaac Asimov Planetary Change, Social Inertia, Psychohistory, Momentum, Transformation, Society“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.” Isaac Asimov
Obvious Strategy, Reputation Subtlety, Clarity, Subtlety, Strategy, Recognition
Isaac Asimov Obvious Strategy, Reputation Subtlety, Clarity, Subtlety, Strategy, Recognition“It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.” Isaac Asimov
Science, Confidence, Beliefs, Knowledge, Expertise, Trust
Isaac Asimov Science, Confidence, Beliefs, Knowledge, Expertise, Trust“How harmful overspecialization is. It cuts knowledge at a million points and leaves it bleeding.” Isaac Asimov
Overspecialization, Knowledge, Harm, Limits, Learning, Growth
Isaac Asimov Overspecialization, Knowledge, Harm, Limits, Learning, Growth“He who is needed must learn to endure flattery.” Isaac Asimov
Flattery, Endurance, Ego, Humility, Self-awareness, Leadership
Isaac Asimov Flattery, Endurance, Ego, Humility, Self-awareness, Leadership“The important prediction is not the automobile, but the parking problem; not radio, but the soap opera; not the income tax, but the expense account; not the Bomb, but the nuclear stalemate.” Isaac Asimov
Future Problems, Predictions Issues, Society Change, Politics, Technology, Challenges
Isaac Asimov Future Problems, Predictions Issues, Society Change, Politics, Technology, Challenges“Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth.” Isaac Asimov
Science Integrity, Truth Reputation, Honesty, Rules, Scientists, Ethics
Isaac Asimov Science Integrity, Truth Reputation, Honesty, Rules, Scientists, Ethics“There are degrees of justice, Elijah. When the lesser is incompatible with the greater, the lesser must give way.” Isaac Asimov
Justice, Degrees, Morality, Conflict, Ethics, Decision
Isaac Asimov Justice, Degrees, Morality, Conflict, Ethics, Decision“No one suggests that writing about science will turn the entire world into a model of judgment and creative thought. It will be enough if they spread the knowledge as widely as possible.” Isaac Asimov
Science Writing, Knowledge Spread, Creative Thought, Writing, Influence, Education
Isaac Asimov Science Writing, Knowledge Spread, Creative Thought, Writing, Influence, Education“From the radiating point of Siwenna, the forces of the Empire reached out cautiously into the black unknown of the Periphery. Giant ships passed the vast distances that separated the vagrant stars at the Galaxy’s rim, and felt their way around the outermost edge of Foundation influence.” Isaac Asimov
Empire, Space, Exploration, Galaxy, Periphery, Foundation
Isaac Asimov Empire, Space, Exploration, Galaxy, Periphery, Foundation