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

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

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

University President: Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now...

University President: Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now...

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

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

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

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

The trouble is that racial stereotypes, unfavourable to everyone but white men of northwest European...

The trouble is that racial stereotypes, unfavourable to everyone but white men of northwest European...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

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

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

From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed...

From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to...

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise...

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise...

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...