Atheist Quotes

1309 Atheist quotes by 656 unique authors

Faith in ourselves will do everything. I have experienced it in my own life, and am still doing so; and as I grow older that… — Swami Vivekananda
Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions when he had… — Terry Pratchett
An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a question unanswered or… — Jaroslav Pelikan
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence… — Calvin Coolidge
I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the Catholics, as I… — Diego Rivera
If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man. — Michael Palin
An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition; "Atheist" means without a concept of… — Unknown Author
An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended! — Robert Burns
Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise. — Margherita Hack
We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven. — Margherita Hack
But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose. — Michael Newdow
For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual… — Unknown Author
I find it more comfortable to say I'm an atheist, and for that I probably have someone like Dawkins to thank. — Jim Al-Khalili
Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act… — Charles Bradlaugh
As an atheist, I was predisposed to not enjoy the MAZE performance. I am happy to report the opposite — Luke Jermay
I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and… — Warren Mitchell
I went from being a Christian missionary to an atheist. — Daniel Everett
I am an atheist. I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us. — Carl Reiner
Religious people are atheists about all other gods, atheists only take it one god further. — Richard Dawkins
I agree about Shaw - he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor. — William Butler Yeats
I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist. — Paul Bettany
To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the responsibility… — Peter Greenaway
Atheists are the new gays; in the closet and pretty much disqualified from public office. — Richard Dawkins
I'm not John Lennon. I'm John Lennox. Now, 'imagine a world without' Stalin. The New Atheists are often silent about [the wrong done by atheists]. — John Lennox
Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated. — Andy Rooney

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