Agnostic Quotes

198 Agnostic quotes by 144 unique authors

I did not marry the first girl that I fell in love with, because there was a tremendous religious conflict, at the time. She was… — Woody Allen
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is… — Epicurus
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. — Benjamin Franklin
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. — Richard Dawkins
My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until… — Carl Sagan
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. — John Stuart Mill
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those… — Bertrand Russell
No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever. — Daniel J. Boorstin
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because… — Bertrand Russell
Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?" "I give." "You get someone who stays up all… — David Foster Wallace
You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility. — Carl Sagan
I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe that… — A. J. Jacobs
If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of… — Isaac Asimov
But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself,… — Oscar Wilde
I can well imagine an athiest's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!" - and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he… — Yann Martel
I waver between a cop-out agnostic and principled atheism — Dan Savage
So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak… — Richard Dawkins
I am not agnostic. I am atheist. I don’t think there is no God; I know there’s no God. I know there’s no God the… — Adam Carolla
Most guys will fight to know you. Some guys will deny you're a real person, and some will just ignore you." The zealot. The atheist.… — Chuck Palahniuk
Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman. — H. L. Mencken
I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there,… — Brad Pitt
All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival… — H P Lovecraft
I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me. — Jim Butcher
There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes. — James K. Morrow

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