Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.' — William Blake Copy Share Image
Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results. — George Coyne Copy Share Image
It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
To imagine that God wants prayers and hymns of praise is to make him out to a sort of oriental potentate; while… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
“I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that men think there is no God because they wish there were none. They find it hard to believe… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Reason must approach nature in order to be taught by it. It must not, however, do so in the character of a… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
“He was an atheist and it had been years since he read a book, despite the fact that he had amassed a… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“Our historical pastime is the direct satisfaction of inflicting pain. There are lines in Nekrassov describing how a peasant lashes a horse… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Priests, kings, statesmen, soldiers, bankers and public functionaries of all sorts; policemen, jailers and hangmen; capitalists, usurers, businessmen and property-owners; lawyers, economists… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Although I went to college as a youth, I never considered it necessary to steep oneself in academic learning, in order to… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“Let us be honest. Did all the priests of Rome increase the mental wealth of man as much as Bruno? Did all… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man,… — Joseph McCabe Copy Share Image
The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
