Atheist Quotes · Page 26

Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby.

— Ricky Gervais

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

— Blaise Pascal

I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist.

— Paul Bettany

I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an…

— Flannery O'Connor

I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.

— Richard Dawkins

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

— Richard B. Garnett

“To hell with you, Buddy. No policeman wants to protect a goddamned atheist. I hope somebody bloodies you up good.”

— Richard Dawkins

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.

— Henry Ward Beecher

God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.

— Douglas Adams

“I've been offered proof of God's existence at regular intervals in my life through experiences so profound they've given goose bumps to…

— Jennifer Skiff

“I was brought up Christian, then I was agnostic and then I realized I was atheist... This movie [Agora] is about fundamentalism…

— Alejandro Amenábar

Urging humans to be superhumans, on pain of death and torture, is the urging of terrible self-abasement at their repeated and inevitable…

— Christopher Hitchens

It seems to me that a Christian like myself is presented with major problems, but they're nothing like the problems of the…

— John Lennox

The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have…

— Ricky Gervais

If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their…

— Voltaire

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their…

— Sam Harris

It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that,…

— Sam Harris

Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great…

— George MacDonald

The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in…

— Anonymous

It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has…

— Galen Strawson

“Sydney did not believe in life after death, but in her experience, admitting this could lead to long and complicated discussions in…

— Maureen F. McHugh

There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems…

— Peter Kreeft

“The Atheist says he knows nothing of the “cause” of the universe, and therefore has nothing to say about Deity except that…

— David Hume

My wife and I have long discussions about [George] Carlin, and we refuse to accept that he died an atheist. It's just,…

— Jay Mohr

When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.

— George Carlin

If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.

— William Gurnall

I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.

— Ernst Mayr

The atheist is not interested in anything except attacks on atheism.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

— Albert Einstein

“The difference between a theist and an atheist is the degree to which God has revealed himself to them.”

— Eli Of Kittim

“it may sound strange, but I think atheists are the most religious people in the world.”

— Colin Dodds

“I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer…

— Björk

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky.

— George Carlin

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

— Oscar Wilde

If anybody wants to believe they're the descendants of a primate, they're welcome to do it.

— Mike Huckabee

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

— Brian Eno

It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.

— Gerhard Richter

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

— Mark Twain

People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.

— Anonymous

An atheist is more reclaimable than a papist, as ignorance is sooner cured than superstition.

— Laurence Sterne