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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace...

Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin about rightness, justice, peace, world

Matter of fact in May, I'm going with my son Isaac for a...

Matter of fact in May, I'm going with my son Isaac for a 254-mile bike ride from Jerusalem to Elat for peace and the environment.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin about peace

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not...

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted, only Isaac was in the Covenant.

Quote by John Pearson about name

I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about opinion, hell, boredom, life

I write for the same reason I breathe because if I...

I write for the same reason I breathe because if I didn't, I would die.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about opinion, reason

Life is pleasant, death is peaceful, it's the transition...

Life is pleasant, death is peaceful, it's the transition that's troublesome.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about nature, death, life

People who think they know everything are a great...

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about science, people

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and...

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about science, writers, fiction, problems

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the...

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about truth

Those people who think they know everything are a great...

Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about nation, people

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been...

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about ignorance, god

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about violence

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about thinking, writing

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that...

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about change, society

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about moral, common sense, sense, rightness

No sensible decision can be made any longer without...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about opinion, world

I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about computers, fear

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about future, burden, celebrity, stars, humanity

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through...

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about knowledge, ignorance, problems

I am not a speed reader, I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader, I am a speed understander.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about opinion, speed

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