--- title: "4 Baltimore Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair" description: "4 Baltimore quotes by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Plus more from Madalyn Murray O'Hair and more Baltimore sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_asylums_i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-cha_214517.png" --- > [I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-chances-with-the-law-and-get-the/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_asylums_i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-cha_214517.png) > [Quite apart from the Church's financial self-interest in getting me out of the way, Baltimore is an overwhelmingly Catholic city and like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/quite-apart-from-the-church-s-financial-self-interest-in-getting-me/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_baltimore_quite-apart-from-the-church-s-financial_713993.jpg) > [I decided that if nobody else was going to do anything to rectify this colossal inequity in taxation, I'd have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-decided-that-if-nobody-else-was-going-to-do-anything-to-rectify/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_assessment_i-decided-that-if-nobody-else-was-going_2076779.png) > [Late one night our house was attacked with stones and bricks by five or six young Christians, and my father got very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/late-one-night-our-house-was-attacked-with-stones-and-bricks-by-five/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_attacked_late-one-night-our-house-was-attacked-wi_2348001.png) ## Other authors on Baltimore - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-waters-52475.jpg) John Waters 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/john-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gervonta-davis-6711.jpg) Gervonta Davis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/gervonta-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-simon-27966.jpg) David Simon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/david-simon/) - [JPEGMAFIA 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/jpegmafia/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ed-reed-31307.jpg) Ed Reed 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/ed-reed/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-deray-mckesson-4626.jpg) DeRay Mckesson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/deray-mckesson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-sharpton-10185.jpg) Al Sharpton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/al-sharpton/) ## More by Madalyn Murray O'Hair > [If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-a-humanist-or-an-atheist-or-an-agnostic-says-we-ll-bake-you-a-pie/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-you-re-talking-about-intellectual-and-social-equality-for-women-we/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by their words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-son-bill-who-came-to-me-in-1960-he-was-14-then-quoted-the-old/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/there-is-no-god-there-s-no-heaven-there-s-no-hell-there-are-no-angels/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/kids-should-be-taught-about-sex-sex-hygiene-and-contraceptive-methods/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/intolerance-has-always-been-one-of-the-cornerstones-of-christianity/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/long-ago-when-i-was-a-very-young-girl-i-said-that-i-wanted-to-go/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the Latin references…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/scholars-have-found-that-references-to-christ-in-josephus-were/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [“Oh, one of the things that I am most proud of is that people can say, "I am an atheist," in the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/oh-one-of-the-things-that-i-am-most-proud-of-is-that-people-can-say-i/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-chances-with-the-law-and-get-the/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-life-and-the-life-of-my-family-has-been-completely-disrupted-in/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-need-somebody-who-can-at-least-stand-up-to-me-and-slug-it-out-toe/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I'm not proud of having been married -I've had five affairs, all of them real wingdings. I've enjoyed every goddamned minute of them, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-not-proud-of-having-been-married-i-ve-had-five-affairs-all-of/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-saying-that-there-s-absolutely-no-conclusive-evidence-that-jesus/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/engineers-have-a-very-limited-education-and-background-i-think-you/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/madalyn-murray-o-hair/#itemlist", "name": "4 Baltimore Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. 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