The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.

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.

Simplicity is one complication that I can live without.

Success is the greatest teacher for future success.

Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders

It's both a blessing and a curse to see a woman's beauty!

Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.

My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.

My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,” said Dustfinger at last.

I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].

If I learn 1,000 techniques with my luck I'll go out on the street and be attacked by number 1,001.

An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to be discouraged, we cannot be discouraged.