“La violence est le dernier refuge de l'incompétence.”
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Isaac Asimov citations célèbres
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear. [...] I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics — Well, they can do whatever they wish.
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“Maintenant, reprenons les Trois Lois fondamentales de la Robotique…”
Invention du mot robotique et première formulation des trois lois de la robotique.
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“Une "information fausse" est par définition incompatible avec toute autre information connue.”
Le texte précise ainsi quel critère une machine doit appliquer pour distinguer une information vraie d'une fausse.
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À propos de Arthur C. Clarke.
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Isaac Asimov: Citations en anglais
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
Variante: I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.
“The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.”
Isaac Asimov livre Second Foundation
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 “Seldon’s Plan”
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation’s Edge
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 11 “Sayshell” section 3, p. 205
Source: Foundation's Edge
Contexte: Pelorat sighed. “I will never understand people.”
“There’s nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. We’re in no way different ourselves... You show me someone who can’t understand people and I’ll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself.”
“It was obvious that bigotry was never a one-way operation, that hatred bred hatred!”
Isaac Asimov livre Pebble in the Sky
Source: Pebble in the Sky
Isaac Asimov livre The Caves of Steel
Source: The Caves of Steel
“The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity”
Isaac Asimov The End of Eternity
Source: The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation
Part I, The Psychohistorians, section 6
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation and Empire
Source: Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov livre Forward the Foundation
Source: Forward the Foundation
“… you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.”
Isaac Asimov livre I, Robot
Source: I, Robot
“People who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment.”
Isaac Asimov livre The Robots of Dawn
Source: The Robots of Dawn
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation and Empire
Source: Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov livre Forward the Foundation
Source: Forward the Foundation
“There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.”
Isaac Asimov livre I, Robot
“The Evitable Conflict”, p. 189
Source: I, Robot (1950)
“A fire eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself.”
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951), Part III, The Mayors, section 9
"How Easy to See the Future", Natural History magazine (April 1975);
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Isaac Asimov livre The Caves of Steel
Source: The Caves of Steel
“Violence,” came the retort, “is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
Isaac Asimov livre Foundation
Variante: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Source: Part II, The Encyclopedists, section 5; This also appears three times in "Bridle and Saddle" which is titled "The Mayors" within Foundation. It is derived from the famous phrase by Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" and from the words of Lady Anne Bellamy in H. Rider Haggard's Dawn, “I do not believe in violence; it is the last resource of fools.” Asimov is usually quoted simply with "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
