Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, the Loch Ness Monster is not a dinosaur -- it's a huge mutant duck, a top researcher claims…… — Murphy J. Foster, Jr Copy Share Image
The First Amendment isn't about free thought and free opinion and free belief. The First Amendment is about free exercise: the carrying… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Everyone has the right to dream big. The strength and everything needed to pursue them is a gift from God to us… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
“The history of man proves that religion perverts man's concept of life and the universe, and has made him a cringing coward… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Stand-up is so rewarding, and I enjoy the acting opportunities I've had, but the only time I really feel bad is when… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Every major country on earth, whether it's the U.K., whether it's France, whether it's Canada, has managed to provide healthcare to all… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I abandoned the extraterrestria l hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs… — John A. Keel Copy Share Image
If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest… — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
“I think that people will definitely go on holding to their beliefs in human dignity even when conscious belief in God is… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
The more you know, the more unflinchingly you deny casual beliefs and Accepted Wisdom when it flies in the face of reality,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Through "deprogramming" or cult intervention the only issues that are addressed focus upon the specific group and group involvement. The subject of… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
A lot of religious belief - even the majority - involves making factual claims about the world which do come into conflict… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“It is time we recognized that belief is not a private matter; it has never been merely private. In fact, beliefs are… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your… — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
Believe on people least able. They will be your best allies when they became able because there is no gratitude greater than… — Maurício Louzada Copy Share Image
What interest, zest, or excitement can there be in achieving the right way, unless we are enabled to feel that the wrong… — William James Copy Share Image
You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and… — John Key Copy Share Image
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most… — Henry James Copy Share Image
When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
The present gives you the opportunity to dive deep into the water of life, or to fly high into the sky of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If belief in evolution is a requirement to be a real scientist, it’s interesting to consider a quote from Dr. Marc Kirschner,… — Marc Kirschner Copy Share Image
I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them,… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Heretics were most often bitterly persecuted for the their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
In the evolution of knowledge-mistaken and unnecessary beliefs are forced out and supplanted by truer and more necessary knowledge. So too in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Perhaps most important for nomads was the belief in the symbiosis that existed between wolf and humans on the steppe. Wolves were… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
“Mr. Passaro, let me teach you about how medicine works.” He starts out. “One of two things is going to happen. Either… — John Passaro Copy Share Image
