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„Mám pocit, Golane, že civilizační pokrok není nic jiného než čím dál větší omezování soukromí.“
Janov Pelorat, Na hranicích nadace, 1982
„Píši ze stejného důvodu jako dýchám — protože kdybych to nedělal, umřel bych.“
Originál: (en) I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
Zdroj: [Davis, A.J., 2007, Writings of a Teenage Heart, AuthorHouse, 89, angličtina]
Zdroj: [Sobotka, Petr, Isaac de Rivaz, Meteor o nebezpečném pečivu, magnetickém mozku a světélkujícím ptakopyskovi, http://dvojka.rozhlas.cz/meteor-o-nebezpecnem-pecivu-magnetickem-mozku-a-svetelkujicim-ptakopyskovi-8414888, Věda | Meteor, Český rozhlas Dvojka, Český rozhlas, 2021, leden, 30, 2021-04-16, čas 10 min : 34 sec, česky]
Zdroj: [Garrod, Victor, 2010, Did God Screw Up?, lulu.com, 124, https://books.google.cz/books?id=qVLRAQAAQBAJ&, 978-0-557-46418-0]
Isaac Asimov: Citáty anglicky
“No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Currents of Space
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 11 “The Captain” (p. 114)
“Is not all this an extraordinary concatenation of coincidence?”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation’s Edge
Pelorat said, “If you list it like that—”
“List it any way you please,” said Trevize. “I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.”
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 14 “Forward!” section 1, p. 281
In Joy Still Felt (1980), pp. 286-287
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In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 217
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Isaac Asimov kniha In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), pp. 301–302
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The Shaping of England (1969), p. 15
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"Worlds In Order" in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 63
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"The Nearest Star" (1989) (reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 82)
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“[W]hen one plays for top prizes one must be prepared to pay top stakes.”
The Roman Empire (1967), p. 125
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“Private profit is often hidden under a careful coating of great patriotism.”
The Roman Republic (1966), p. 128
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“It is the nature of science that answers automatically pose new and more subtle questions.”
The Wellsprings of Life (1960), p. 141
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"The World of 1990" in The Diners' Club Magazine, January 1965
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Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 3 “Chance and the Wrist Watch” (p. 30)
“Truth is a discredited commodity among diplomats.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Currents of Space
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 6 “The Ambassador” (p. 64)
The Near East (1968), p. 31
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“Ideas are cheap. It's only what you do with them that counts.”
"The Secrets of the Universe" (1989) (essay reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 167)
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“It is surely better to be wronged than to do wrong.”
Isaac Asimov kniha In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 175
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“Scientific writing is abhorrently stylized and places a premium on poor quality.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975), p. 82
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What Can We Expect of the Moon?" in The American Legion Magazine, March 1965
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Isaac Asimov kniha Forward the Foundation
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993)
Zdroj: Part 5 "Epilogue", Hari Seldon's last words
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation and Earth
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Earth (1986)
Zdroj: Part 1 "Gaia", Chapter 1 "The Search Begins" section 4, p. 19
Isaac Asimov kniha Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 16 "Beginning of War"
Isaac Asimov kniha Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 12 "Lord"
Isaac Asimov kniha Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 "Seldon's Plan"
Isaac Asimov kniha Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
“Finished products are for decadent minds.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Second Foundation
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)
Isaac Asimov kniha Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Empire novels (1950–1952), Pebble in the Sky (1950), Chapter 5 "The Involuntary Volunteer" (p. 57)
