Mark Thomas Quotes

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• The only deadline is the one I give myself.
• Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.
• True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.
• Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.
• Christians and Jews don't believe in Allah or Brahma. Hindus don't believe in Yahweh or Allah. Muslims don't believe in Brahma or Yahweh. Atheists agree…
• The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that…
• There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.
• We all behave as though what we think is true, is true.
• Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental…
• Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.
• The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're…
• One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat…
• Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they…
• People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that…
• We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.
• Were British protesters, armed with little more than a frisbee and a bag of plastic toy soldiers, really in danger of being shot by the…
• The whole world is out of step, apart from me.
• The law is immoral.
• People either leave or they stay.
• I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes.

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