Common Quote by Chapman Cohen Download Open image “Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.” — Chapman Cohen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Common Common sense Fragile things Intelligence May Science
Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Self-made gods with only the laws of physics to keep us company, we are accountable to no one. We are consequently wreaking havoc on… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
From the point of view of many scientists, gods represent an explanation for the unknown. Scientists are focused on trying to understand the unknown,… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
“Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science. — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
It's usually easier to rouse stupidity to action than to arouse wisdom to effort, for wisdom sees alternatives while stupidity lacks the imagination to… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, without thought of themselves or hope or expectation… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world, now as… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history. — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Now, if the theist could prove that out of a number of equally possible lines of development living beings show one fixed form, and… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
The devil and God are components of a Siamese twin. Neither has any existence apart from the other. In denying the existence of the… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Science gives up to religion that which cannot be known, and as it does not know what it is, that cannot be known, it… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist —… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image