Atheism Quote by Leslie Stephen

He is the reason for half of my happyness

— Dancer

“Invariably the failure of organized religions, by which they cut themselves off from mystery and therefore from sanctity, lies in the attempt to impose…

— Wendell Berry

Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the…

— John Selden

They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest…

— Al-Maʿarri

For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false…

— Thomas A. Edison

With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.

— Wells Tower

Narrative and metaphysics alike become flimsy and frivolous if they venture too far from the home base of all humanism - the single, simple…

— John Updike

Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

Writing is such a solitary thing, so it's nice, when I'm discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering…

— Anonymous

I am a stranger to half measures. With life I am on the attack, restlessly ferreting out each pleasure, foraging for answers, wringing from…

— Marita Golden

“Don't be content with half measures for halfway is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.”

— Lisa Tamati