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The fact that some people are opposed on religious grounds mainly, well, that doesn't bother me as long as they're not allowed to influence other… — Henry Morgentaler
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever… — Eugenie Scott
The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact. — Leslie Stephen
Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as… — Victor J. Stenger
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the critical… — Victor J. Stenger
Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding may… — Irving Copi
When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that… — Frank J. Tipler
What is the ultimate solution to the origin of the Universe? The answers provided by the astronomers are disconcerting and remarkable. Most remarkable of all… — Robert Jastrow
I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe that the observations… — William Daniel Phillips
It's a secret language, known to all different people, in different ways, that enables them to read a subliminal message without realising they're reading it.… — Louise Wilson
When the uncultured man sees a stone in the road it tells him no story other than the fact that he sees a stone ...… — Elisha Gray
Tomorrow, the busiest day of the week. I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. — Elle Varner
...the West's main weakness remains unchanged: it cannot grasp the fact that it is facing an acceleration in the unfolding of Soviet convergence strategy which… — Anatoliy Golitsyn
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution… — Karen Hughes
The script was just the best I'd read in a long time and I love the humor, which I wasn't expecting, and I like the… — Stephen Collins
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible… — Henry Home, Lord Kames
The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard a lifetime of… — Robert Monroe
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when… — Gaston Bachelard
Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is far more than… — Ezra Taft Benson
Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will… — M. Scott Peck
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to… — C. D. Broad
There are lots of cases where we know more about how the world works than we do about how we know how it works. That's… — Jerry Fodor
equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any… — Thomas Nagel

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