Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire Quotes: The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.
         

The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.


Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire
Check all other quotes by Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-human-mind-works-at-low-efficiency-162802>.




Check out


Other quotes of Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire


Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.

Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.



I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him.

I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him.



The clown’s eyes sidled towards her, then drew away quickly. “But they kept me away from you earlier-and, on my word, you may laugh, but I was lonely for missing friendship.

The clown’s eyes sidled towards her, then drew away quickly. “But they kept me away from you earlier-and, on my word, you may laugh, but I was lonely for missing friendship.



Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood.

Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood.



Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her.

Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her.



He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man.

He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man.



For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty phrases, it would seem.

For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty phrases, it would seem.





Other quotes you may like


She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.

She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.



I love it when people can help me with my work, so I do show it.

I love it when people can help me with my work, so I do show it.



Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.



I don't want to be a queen. I want to be the queen.

I don't want to be a queen. I want to be the queen.



I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.



I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.

I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.



When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.

When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.



Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.

Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.



Ah, how fatefully swift is the move from one feeling to another.

Ah, how fatefully swift is the move from one feeling to another.



I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.

I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.". Author of this quote is Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire. .