Quotes From "Foundation And Empire" By Isaac Asimov

I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour...
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I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him. Isaac Asimov
The clown’s eyes sidled towards her, then drew away quickly....
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The clown’s eyes sidled towards her, then drew away quickly. “But they kept me away from you earlier-and, on my word, you may laugh, but I was lonely for missing friendship. Isaac Asimov
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Were I to use the wits the Spirits gave me, then I would say this lady cannot exist - for what sane man would hold a dream to be reality. Yet rather would I not be sane and lend belief to charmed, enchanted eyes. Isaac Asimov
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Were I to use the wits the Spirits gave me, then I would say this lady cannot exist cannot exist - for what sane man would hold dream to be reality. Yet rather would I not be sane and lend belief to charmed, enchanted eyes. Isaac Asimov
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Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood. Isaac Asimov
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Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her. Isaac Asimov
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He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man. Isaac Asimov
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The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition. Isaac Asimov
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There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum. Isaac Asimov
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For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty phrases, it would seem. Isaac Asimov
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The thanks of a weak one are but of little value, " he muttered, "but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great. Isaac Asimov
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Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience. Isaac Asimov
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The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only because history does not deal with as many humans as physics does atoms, so that individual variations count for more. Isaac Asimov