Atheist Quote by Robert Jay Lifton

My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to…

— Winona Ryder

My father was very outwardly religious.

— John McGahern

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

— Ben Elton

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked…

— Ben Barnes

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

— David Cassidy

My mom is Episcopalian; my dad is ancestrally Jewish but personally atheist. After their divorce, however, my dad married a Jewish spiritual director, and…

— Chloe Benjamin

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

— Miguel Ferrer

My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She…

— Barry Sanders

My father was a huge influence on me.

— Carol Leifer

My father in his way influenced me and my sister to educate ourselves and to try to do things in life.

— Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as…

— Patti Smith

For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because…

— J. J. C. Smart