There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned.

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

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

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

The closer two people stand to each other inwardly, the more readily they become for each other the condition under which alone their two beings find expression.

The success of a civil order should not be judged by its most affluent members, but by the standard of living of its poor.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance.

He did not feel the ground under his feet - he thrust himself into the capriole, rose high in the air-forelegs and hind legs horizontal. He soared above the ground, he head in jubilation. Conquering!

It's cold out. It's even cold in Florida. So cold today that Katherine Harris put on a third layer of makeup.

And it was this image that was stamped on the hearts and minds of all who were present that day. Of Froi of the Exiles holding the future of Lumatere in his hands.

Leaders can only lead willing, preferably zealous followers so don't get too far out in front of your team.

I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.

In any case I hold that there must arise a science of the development of economic forms and relations.