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Foundation (Foundation, #1) QUOTES

Foundation (Foundation, #1) QUOTES

1 " Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

2 " I shall not be alive a half decade hence,” said Seldon, “and yet it is of overpowering concern to me. Call it idealism. Call it an identification of myself with that mystical generalization to which we refer by the term, ‘man. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

3 " Past glories are poor feeding. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

4 " In the empty expanses of space, the wandering traders need men like myself to care for the spiritual side of a life so given over to commerce, and worldly pursuits. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

5 " Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

6 " Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

7 " Somewhere on the world was the Emperor's palace, set amid one hundred square miles of natural soil, rainbowed with flowers. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

9 " If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

10 " To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

11 " It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

12 " Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

13 " It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

14 " Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

15 " I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

16 " The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity—a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

17 " Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

18 " Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

19 " It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)

20 " A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself. "

― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)