Atheist Quotes · Page 34

Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.

— Kurt Vonnegut

For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

— Anonymous

“Don’t curse the gods; you will feel shame when you have to call on them for help”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

— Swami Vivekananda

Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them.

— Jerry Falwell

The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

— Christopher Hitchens

Most Christians are afraid that people will think for themselves; most atheists are afraid that they won’t.

— Dan Barker

Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

— Joseph McCabe

You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned…

— Terry Pratchett

When you turn the discussion onto talk of religion, you will soon start to reveal a whole range of views ranging from…

— Arthur Hertzberg

“Atheism is the philosophical equivalent of a fish denying the existence of land because he lacks the means to experience it.”

— J.Adam Snyder

“I had given up the church, more because of its complicity with slavery than from a full understanding of the foolishness of…

— Lucy N. Colman

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.

— Christopher Hitchens

I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art…

— Daniel Dennett

Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion…

— Alan Dershowitz

“It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man,’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created God. It…

— Béla Bartók

We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years…

— Andy Rooney

It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs…

— Stephen Hawking

“I’m a believer. And like I said, I wish I was still an atheist. Believing I was born into a harsh, uncaring…

— Charles Stross

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine…

— Calvin Coolidge

Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He…

— Dinesh D'Souza

We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling.…

— Robert P. George

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

— Simon Hoggart

I'm against anything atheists represent because I believe in God.

— Alvin Holmes

The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.

— Bill Maher

Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true.

— Albert Einstein

“There is only one God and all atheists will learn that after their deaths”

— Munia Khan

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

— Samuel Butler

Atheism is a disease of the mind caused by eating underdone philosophy

— Austin O'Malley

“[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.”

— P.W. Atkins

The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.

— Ira Glass

It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

In fact, the truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I'm not an activist. I'm trying to get off the whole atheist racket.

— Julia Sweeney

I find it more comfortable to say I'm an atheist, and for that I probably have someone like Dawkins to thank.

— Jim Al-Khalili

Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.

— Peter Kreeft

“The incentive for a religious person turning into an atheist is to have a better and happier life”

— M.F. Moonzajer