Books Quote by Jerry A. Coyne

“Religions exist because people would rather have a wrong answer than no answer at all.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers…

— Richard Dawkins

“When a question has no correct answer; there is only one honest response.”

— Dan Brown

“Religion tells you to be sincere to yourself and be sincere to everyone else otherwise you cannot assimilate [attain] religion.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

When people feel a certain religion claims to have all the answers, that's what turns them off.

— Matisyahu

Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking…

— Haruki Murakami

“People who ask a lot of questions often find themselves at odds with other people, and even institutions and governments. Sometimes questioning types don't…

— Jim Palmer

“A person must be in the religious search not for the sake of religious experiences, which can deceive, but for the sake of truth.”

— Anonymous

“And then there is religion. What is religion if not a guide to happiness, to bliss? Every religion instructs followers in the ways of…

— Eric Weiner

“But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers.”

— Csikszentmihaly

When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence.

— Dan Brown