Isaac Asimov nejznámější citáty
Isaac Asimov citáty a výroky
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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
"The “Threat” of Creationism" http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/azimov_creationism.html in New York Times Magazine (14 June 1981)<!-- reprinted Science and Creationism (1984) edited by M. F. Ashley Montagu, p. 184 --> <br class="br">General sources <br class="br">Kontext: There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance only implies ignorance that may someday be conquered. To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
Isaac Asimov kniha Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Pebble in the Sky
“The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Gods Themselves
Section 3, Chapter 10, p. 236
The Gods Themselves (1972)
Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot
Zdroj: I, Robot (1950), “Reason”, p. 63
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Nadace
Part III, The Mayors, section 2
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Isaac Asimov kniha The Caves of Steel
Zdroj: The Caves of Steel
As quoted in Philosophy on the Go (2007) by Joey Green, p. 222
General sources
“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Nadace
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 3
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.”
Isaac Asimov kniha The Gods Themselves
Section 3, Chapter 19, p. 287
Zdroj: The Gods Themselves (1972)
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Nadace
Varianta: It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.
Zdroj: Foundation
Isaac Asimov kniha Nadace
Part V, The Merchant Princes, section 13
Zdroj: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Isaac Asimov kniha I, Robot
“Introduction”, p. 8
Zdroj: I, Robot (1950)
Isaac Asimov kniha Pebble in the Sky
Zdroj: Pebble in the Sky
“Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.”
Isaac Asimov kniha Foundation and Empire
Zdroj: Foundation and Empire
