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Atheist Quotes by Douglas Adams
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
- God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.
- People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness…
- Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you…
- I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
- I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
More Atheist Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — Douglas Adams
- Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams
- To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. — Joseph Addison
- No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant
- Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. — Ambrose Bierce
- I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me… — Jack Black
- My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family… — Tony Blair