"The Robots of Dawn" Quotes
A detective investigates the murder of a prominent scientist on a planet populated by advanced humanoid robots.
science fiction | 435 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates.
The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself.
Civilizations have always been pyramidal in structure. As one climbs toward knowledge and enlightenment, at each step one must discard half of what one has believed and replace it with something better.
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
The greatest enemy of truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
The greatest asset of a society is not its material possessions, but its citizens. The people are the nation's true strength.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
