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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

Ignorance, Mean, Democracies Have

"A Cult of Ignorance". Newsweek, January 21, 1980.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

Believe, Learning, School

Isaac Asimov (1975). “Science Past, Science Future”, Doubleday Books

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

Intelligent, Stupidity, Unsafe

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Life, Wise, Wisdom

"Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Questions". Book edited with Jason A. Shulman, p. 281, 1988.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

Way, Denial, Problem

Isaac Asimov (1972). “The Gods Themselves”

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.

Feelings, Like You, Should

What is really amazing, and frustrating, is mankind's habit of refusing to see the obvious and inevitable until it is there, and then muttering about unforeseen catastrophes.

Habit, Muttering, Obvious

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Funny, Hilarious, Sarcastic

"The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners" edited by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 299), 2004.

The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.

Fiction, Today, Facts

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

True Friend, Business, Learning

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.

Change, Believe, Thinking

People think of education as something that they can finish.

Thinking, People

"Conversations with Isaac Asimov".

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.

Diversity, Understanding, Humanity

Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.592, Bantam

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

Lasts, Well Known, Victim

Isaac Asimov (1986). “Foundation Trilogy”, Del Rey

You can't assert an answer just because it's not something else.

Answers

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Book, Reading, Book Banning

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Wise, Peace, Military

Isaac Asimov (1951). “The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction”

Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.

Change, Science, Engineering

Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.

Believe, Home, School

"The Blind Who Would Lead". "The Roving Mind". Book by Isaac Asimov, 1983.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism... for testing your thoughts against the universe.

Absolute Truth, Testing, Absolutes

"Bill Moyers' World Of Ideas" by Bill Moyers, May 1989.

He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means "I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve". It's easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.

Believe, Mean, Thinking

"I, Asimov: A Memoir". Book by Isaac Asimov, p. 308, 1994.

The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.

Lying, Used

Isaac Asimov (2012). “Foundation's Edge”, p.239, Spectra

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

Death, Faith, Science

Isaac Asimov (1971). “the Stars in their Courses”

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