--- title: "3 Hawaii Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair" description: "3 Hawaii quotes by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Plus more from Madalyn Murray O'Hair and more Hawaii 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) > [We packed up all the worldly possessions we could carry with us and took the next flight to Hawaii from Washington. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/we-packed-up-all-the-worldly-possessions-we-could-carry-with-us-and/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_alive_we-packed-up-all-the-worldly-possessions_1009887.jpg) > [We were just floored by the kindness of the people here. The minister of the Unitarian Church in Honolulu invited my family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/we-were-just-floored-by-the-kindness-of-the-people-here-the-minister/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_atmosphere_we-were-just-floored-by-the-kindness-of_2495840.jpg) ## Other authors on Hawaii - [Steven Magee 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/steven-magee/) - [Evan Mock 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/evan-mock/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mazie-hirono-66034.jpg) Mazie Hirono 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/mazie-hirono/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruno-mars-20128.jpg) Bruno Mars 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/bruno-mars/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-busiri-20372.jpg) Ophelia London 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/ophelia-london/) - [Carolyn Gibbs 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/carolyn-gibbs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tulsi-gabbard-92419.jpg) Tulsi Gabbard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/tulsi-gabbard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bil-keane-17816.jpg) James MacArthur 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/james-macarthur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/frederick-lenz/) - [Colleen Hanabusa 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/colleen-hanabusa/) ## 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/hawaii/madalyn-murray-o-hair/#itemlist", "name": "3 Hawaii Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair", "numberOfItems": 3, "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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