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> [Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/impartial-observers-from-other-planets-would-consider-ours-an-utterly/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

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> [The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that philosophy is generally reasonable and high-minded or utterly bizarre and irrational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/the-problem-is-that-once-the-untrained-mind-has-made-a-formal/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

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## More by Steve Allen

> [Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by the Aztecs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/consider-the-wave-of-revulsion-that-floods-the-average-person-when-he/)

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> [In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/in-a-rational-society-we-would-want-our-presidents-to-be-teachers-in/)

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> [Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/totalitarianism-is-patriotism-institutionalized/)

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> [Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/just-as-with-cars-it-s-critical-to-know-the-fuel-efficiency-of-black/)

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> [The fundamentalist believer is mostly a weird intellectual who often lacks real faith altogether. As a self-appointed attorney for God, who is in no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/the-fundamentalist-believer-is-mostly-a-weird-intellectual-who-often/)

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> [There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/there-is-not-the-slightest-question-but-that-the-god-of-the-old/)

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> [I personally find it difficult to accept that there could be anyone on earth insensitive to the comic abilities of Laurel and Hardy, Sid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-personally-find-it-difficult-to-accept-that-there-could-be-anyone/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

> [Everybody is somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/everybody-is-somewhere/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

> [The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the one hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/the-bible-is-unfortunately-unclear-on-a-long-list-of-moral-and-social/)

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> [Pretend you're a southern sheriff. Or Mae West. Or Donald Duck. Buy a western hat and walk around the house like a cowboy. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/pretend-you-re-a-southern-sheriff-or-mae-west-or-donald-duck-buy-a/)

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> [In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/in-those-of-us-who-have-the-mysterious-ability-to-amuse-others-it-is/)

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> [We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/we-must-never-forget-that-both-good-and-evil-flow-from-the-bible-it/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

> [Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/impartial-observers-from-other-planets-would-consider-ours-an-utterly/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

> [I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-was-in-sixth-grade-the-first-time-i-was-required-to-speak-in-front/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

> [I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-do-not-understand-those-who-take-little-or-no-interest-in-the/)

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