Affected Quote by Amish Tripathi

In the early '90s, I was disillusioned after the blasts and riots in Mumbai. I was in college and started thinking that religion was…

— Amish Tripathi

I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

— Paul Krassner

For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because…

— J. J. C. Smart

Oftentimes, when I was reporting on conflict somewhere in the world or prison or wherever I might be, I'd be struck by the fact…

— Lawrence Wright

For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.

— Michel Faber

A couple people close to me became religious suddenly. It's a radical change, if you're going to make that leap of faith.

— Alex G

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

— Ben Elton

“Muslim, Jew, Hindu or Christian, you are that because of where and when you were born. If you are an atheist, you are that…

— Frank Schaeffer

I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to…

— Raimon Panikkar

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she…

— Tony Blair

Our own country seemed more polarized than it's ever been and since the two terrorist attacks of 9/11, religion was in greater disrepute than…

— Pico Iyer

I grew up in a mixed religious household. And it was volatile. My dad's atheist, my mom's agnostic. Just constant fighting. There's no God!…

— Bonnie McFarlane