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1458 Claim quotes by 1109 unique authors

For nearly a century, the moral relativism of science has given faith-based religion--that great engine of ignorance and bigotry--a nearly uncontested claim to being the… — Sam Harris
The Summer had died peacefully in its sleep, and Autumn, as soft-spoken executrix, was locking life up safely until Spring came to claim it. — Kurt Vonnegut
Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the… — Homer
I liked reading about the nun who ate so dainty with her fingers she never dripped any grease on herself. I've never been able to… — Helene Hanff
when I was a boy I used to dream of becoming the village idiot. I used to lie in bed and imagine myself the happy… — Charles Bukowski
The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural systems that cannot be adequately explained in terms of undirected… — William A. Dembski
Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it… — Elizabeth Chandler
I suppose I could claim that I had suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for something deeper and… — Neil Gaiman
I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid… — Michael Crichton
We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died longe ago.Even so, a faint… — Haruki Murakami
For a product to carry a health claim on its package, it must first have a package, so right off the bat it's more likely… — Michael Pollan
It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A… — Christopher Hitchens
To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true. — Roddy Doyle
Some people think that evolutionary psychology claims to have discovered that human nature is selfish and wicked. But they are flattering the researchers and anyone… — Steven Pinker
When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could… — Sharon Kay Penman
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes… — Unknown Author
Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses… — Lawrence Hill
He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least.… — Kazuo Ishiguro
They claim a hidden corner of our hearts, all those moments that stay with us unscreamed. That's where loves, like elephants, drag themselves to die.… — Gregory David Roberts
The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes.… — Jeffrey R. Holland
When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself inside her, because… — Jodi Picoult
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject… — Christopher Hitchens
I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings but cousins and aunts… — Sarah Dessen
He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need… — Cinda Williams Chima
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone nor blade of… — Cormac McCarthy

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