I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. - Isaac Asimov

Plowboy: You truly feel that all the major changes in history have been caused by science and technology?
Asimov: Those that have proved permanent – the ones that affected every facet of life

(Mother Earth News interview, 1980)

"Oh, hell! I can't sleep!" "Neither can I! But I might as well try — as a matter of principle." Twelve hours later, sleep was still just that — a matter of principle, unattainable in practice.

There were times when a Rational could be too Rational, and chase down the tracks of every thought to the detriment of what was important.