Isaac Asimov Quotes

I like to read and understand.

The nature of our intelligence is such that it is stimulated far less by the will to know than by the will to understand.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Reading is a bridge to thought.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't.

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

Reading makes you smarter. It really does.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

Comprehension follows perception.

I'm a voracious reader, I'm always studying.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

A lot of the times you read something and you don't realize that you are going to have to do the things that you read.

I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.

What is not intelligible to me is not necessarily unintelligent

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.