When we stop believing in gods we can start believing in their stories, I retort. There are of course no such things… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
I myself am not comfortable with the notion of secularists congregating in groups, except perhaps for defensive purposes: the last thing a… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
“It's impossible to do science without faith. Sometimes scientists build theories on the premises of faulty assumptions until they discover they were… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion,… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
People often criticize my films for being pessimistic; there are certainly many reasons for being pessimistic but I don’t see my films… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress… — Carl Pope Copy Share Image
We believe in taking down the barriers, but we also believe in the most energetic reconciliation among peoples by getting them to… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
I think our brains does have a tendency to be true to its own ideas and statements. Everything we do and everything… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, 'I don't need this. I have money; I have fame;… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Man is less interested in marriage, very much less interested. In fact not interested at all. If he agrees, he agrees only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I believe that the vast majority of people that are unfaithful are monogamous in their beliefs. The ones who are not monogamous… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trails its wreath; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
An entrepreneur is someone who, almost artistically, designs a living entity which embodies the values, beliefs, and ambitions of the creator. It's… — Jake Lodwick Copy Share Image
When somebody asks me, "Who are you?" I tell them, "I am the oldest ethnic transgender community in the world, which has… — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Copy Share Image
I think one of the great strengths of Americans United is that it has such diversity. That it has not only people… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
A belief in moral absolutes should always make us more, not less, critical of both sides in any conflict. This doesn't mean… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The Principle of Tolerance, fixed once for all the realization that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The business of proving evolution has reached a stage when it is futile for biologists to work merely to discover more and… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
It was not Christianity which freed the slave: Christianity accepted slavery; Christian ministers defended it; Christian merchants trafficked in human flesh and… — Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner Copy Share Image
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I remember sitting in his office a hundred times during those grim months and each time thinking, What on earth can he… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, your future is already set, and there is nothing you can about it. there are somethings you just can't change, no… — Opoku Oduro Emmanuel Copy Share Image
I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam,… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
When people in my generation started to write, we did not actually have much of a movie industry, much of a theater… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
