There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
“When I saw the illustration a new idea came to me. Might it not be possible to have Satsuko’s face and figure… — Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Copy Share Image
“You can't take away people's rights to meet your own religious criteria. What about my rights? Rachel, just because it offends you… — Marie Sexton Copy Share Image
“When does the foundation for speech which accepts all viewpoints and does not hurt anyone's viewpoint (syadvaad vani) arise? It is when… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools, colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to special religious beliefs ranging… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
I love the good in all the religions and respect people's religious beliefs. But, I'm more a spiritual being rather than religious.… — Chanda Kaushik Copy Share Image
The Chief Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious… — Ed Buckner Copy Share Image
“She had recently come to think that in such unhappy times-when the odds were so high against personal happiness-to find love was… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“Scientific and religious beliefs are important to people; but they are (usually) neither foundational premises, backing one outcome in advance against all… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom doesn't include the freedom to disregard the law and restrict another's freedom to believe and act differently. No one's forcing… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“If religious war is ever to become unthinkable for us, in the way that slavery and cannibalism seem poised to, it will… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Every religion I know of has changed its views with respect to concrete controversies over long periods of time. People's views about… — Jack Balkin Copy Share Image
“First, just because people’s religious beliefs can be easily accommodated, it does not follow that they should. Sometimes accommodations reinforce sentiments that… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
While all religious beliefs should be respected, choice is a human right. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“But thinking one's religious beliefs are substantially burdened - no matter how sincere or genuine that belief may be - does not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is no arrogance more harmful than one's certainty that their religious beliefs be compulsory for everyone.” — F. Lee Barham Copy Share Image
Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Remember this: Beliefs divide, values unite. When we go to the values that underlie so many religious beliefs, they unite us. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My religious beliefs also defied convention, leaning towards agnosticism and pandeism.” — Alfred Tennyson Copy Share Image
Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks, people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“Given the link between belief and action, it is clear that we can no more tolerate a diversity of religious beliefs than… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I like to keep an open mind, but I do think there is some form of energy that exists separate to our… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
“Because religious beliefs and experiences cannot be reliably validated through logical deduction or observational induction, validation occurs only by satisfying the emotions… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
“When was the last time that someone was criticized for not "respecting" another person's unfounded beliefs about physics or history? The same… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“If I'm to have a character that others admire, I need to focus on developing that character. I need to make decisions… — Tom Walsh Copy Share Image
“Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox believer… — David Marshall Brooks Copy Share Image
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine,… — Mary Griffith Copy Share Image
“Hitler’s religious beliefs have been the focus of some debate. His father, though nominally Catholic, was anticlerical and skeptical of religion; his… — Hourly History Copy Share Image
“It was the strange sequence in the opening bars, then it was the voice, then it was the lyrics about fucking like… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
