Isaac Asimov

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . ..

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.
Isaac Asimov - Second Foundation - First Speaker
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
Isaac Asimov - Salvor Hardin in "Foundation"
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.
Isaac Asimov - Laws of Robotics from I. Robot, 1950
One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;
Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
Isaac Asimov - Salvor Hardin in "Foundation"
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Isaac Asimov - Prelude to Foundation, said by Hari Seldon
Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

- Isaac Asimov