Quotes from Isaac Asimov

He lives in the past. He is a dreamer of ancient times, or rather, of the myths of what ancient times used to be. Such men are harmless in themselves, but their queer lack of realism makes them fools for others.

And yet, in March of 1983, I presented Doubleday with the "long-awaited" third robot novel. It has no connection whatever with the ill-fated attempt of 1958, and its name is The Robots of Dawn.

You're coming to work for him, aren't you?" "Well yes, I'm a mathematician. Why does he predict disaster? What kind of disaster?" "What kind would you think?" "I'm afraid I wouldn't have the least idea. I've read the papers Dr. Seldon and his group have published. They're on mathematical theory." "Yes, the ones they publish." Gaal

Though only a robot, he had known the continuity and stability of family life; he had known warmth; he had known love.

Harlan gazed at Noÿs and his thoughts wound tightly about her. What would she

apareció en el número de junio de 1950 de Astounding. Era la primera historia que escribía que trataba principalmente de computadoras (las llamé «Máquinas» en la historia) más que de robots en sí mismos.

Valamilyen garanciára szükségem van. – Szavamat adom. – Ami, ugyebár, fölbecsülhetetlen érték? – hajolt meg gúnyosan Pherl –, de azért az ön jelenléte, ugyebár, mégiscsak nagyobb biztosítékot jelentene!

Fifty years," I hackneyed, "is a long time." "Not when you're looking back at them," she said. "You wonder how they vanished so quickly.

nos parecemos.

La diferencia no es grande. Uno puede definir un robot como una «máquina computerizada» o como una «computadora móvil». Se puede considerar una computadora como un «robot inmóvil».

Bel Riose traveled without escort, which is not what court etiquette prescribes

Mucho poder lleva consigo mucha responsabilidad, y si los robots tienen tres leyes para proteger a los hombres, ¿es demasiado pedir que los hombres cuenten con una o dos leyes para proteger a los robots?

You must not say 'never.' That is a lazy slurring-over of the facts. Actually, Psychohistory predicts only probabilities. A particular event may be infinitesimally probable, but the probability is always greater than zero.

No sé cómo siente interiormente pero tampoco sé cómo sientes tú. Cuando uno habla con él se da cuenta de que reacciona a las distintas abstracciones como tú y como yo, ¿qué otra cosa puede importar? ¿Qué más se puede pedir si alguien reacciona como uno mismo?

You can't get lost in space

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. --Isaac Asimov

Atomhajókkal? – Hát mivel? Azt a három kereskedelmi hajót, amelyet az Å' térségükben elvesztettünk, nem légpuskával durrantották le.

In a Galaxy where the predominance—and even survival—of the Foundation still rested upon the superiority of its technology—even despite its large access of physical power in the last century and a half—a certain immunity adhered to The Scientist. He was needed, and he knew it.

Control of self and society has been left to chance or to the vague gropings of intuitive ethical systems based on inspiration and emotion.

The other dragged at his mustache bitterly. "He's a skeptic," was the bitter response. "He doesn't believe we made him or that Earth exists or space or stars." "Sizzling Saturn, we've got a lunatic robot on our hands.

Nunca, en toda mi vida, ni siquiera por un momento, me he sentido tentado por ninguna religión de ningún tipo. El hecho es que no siento ningún vacío espiritual. Tengo mi filosofía de la vida, que no incluye ningún aspecto sobrenatural y que encuentro totalmente satisfactoria. En resumen, soy un racionalista y sólo creo lo que me dice la razón.

Neurochemical Electromathematics.

Do you suppose the potter is content with mental creation? Do you suppose the idea is enough?

there is a tendency to cling to the past—except, of course, as far as weapons of war are concerned.