Sol Weintraub suddenly understood perfectly why Abraham had agreed to sacrifice Isaac, his son, when the Lord commanded him to do so. It was not obedience. It was not even to put the love of God above the love of his son. Abraham was testing God. By denying the sacrifice at the last moment, by stopping the knife, God had earned the right—in Abraham’s eyes and the hearts of his offspring—to become the God of Abraham. Sol


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If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.
RUSSELL SIMMONS
I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the visi...
RUSSELL SIMMONS
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
RUSSELL SIMMONS
If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receiv...
RUSSELL SIMMONS
I remember liking 'A Cinderella Story' with Hilary Duff a lot when I was younger. I loved th...
LILI SIMMONS
It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened y...
GENE SIMMONS
I love being around my mom, my brother, my sister and my step-dad. I love to sit outside on those co...
ALVIN SIMMONS
When I am not playing baseball I like to sleep and hang out with my friends playing Xbox.
ALVIN SIMMONS
I love playing baseball man. I am always playing baseball and I definitely want to play in college.
ALVIN SIMMONS
I am going to Gulf Shores to spend the week with some friends. But I can't go until Tuesday night be...
ALVIN SIMMONS
We came out strong in the first quarter. We played well.
AMANDA SIMMONS
What we said was to forget that last game. Everything we did that night was uncharacteristic of our ...
AMANDA SIMMONS
I was trying to keep calm. Everybody was making noise in the background and I tried not to let it bo...
AMANDA SIMMONS
Everything just started to slowly go wrong. After halftime, the lead went back and forth. Our defens...
AMANDA SIMMONS
It felt good but we knew they had some good shooters and would come back. They came out and obviousl...
AMANDA SIMMONS
When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you we...
LAURIE SIMMONS
The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That&#...
GENE SIMMONS
I'm the best PlayStation player you'll ever see. I'll play anything. 'Call of Duty,&...
BEN SIMMONS
Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorder...
RICHARD SIMMONS
If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody...
GENE SIMMONS
Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well ...
GENE SIMMONS
I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's reci...
GAIL SIMMONS
Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
RICHARD SIMMONS
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
CHARLES SIMMONS
Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
RUSSELL SIMMONS
There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
GAIL SIMMONS
I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always st...
BEN SIMMONS
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them hap...
GENE SIMMONS
My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend eve...
RUSSELL SIMMONS
Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once y...
JEAN SIMMONS
Why should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two...
BILL SIMMONS
I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30' had a big impa...
BILL SIMMONS
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
CHARLES SIMMONS
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me...
RICHARD SIMMONS
In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and beli...
BILL SIMMONS
Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.
BRIAN SIMMONS
Not having a winning season, not going to the playoffs -- we've erased that history. Now at this poi...
BRIAN SIMMONS
For us this year, it seems they've been coming in bunches. Once one happens, two or three more are s...
BRIAN SIMMONS
We didn't make up any special recipes or do any witchcraft before the game. Guys just went out there...
BRIAN SIMMONS
It was nothing but fun, having fun out there. You really like to enjoy yourself while you're playing...
BRIAN SIMMONS
They were in a hurry-up, and that did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of ca...
BRIAN SIMMONS
Interceptions don't come without pressure.
BRIAN SIMMONS
We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too we...
BRIAN SIMMONS
In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the w...
BRIAN SIMMONS
It's big. You get off and you're not behind the eight-ball. The last two years, we've been putting o...
BRIAN SIMMONS