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atheist silly men
Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people. Max Born
atheist islamic support
Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like. Christopher Hitchens
atheist thinking
I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do. Christopher Hitchens
atheist godly men
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for surrendering our 'godly gift' of reason when we cross their mental thresholds? Christopher Hitchens
atheist science ideas
Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake. Christopher Hitchens
atheist men atheism
Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with. Christopher Hitchens
atheist regret reflection
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished belief only with regret. To this I reply: who wishes that there was a permanent, unalterable celestial despotism that subjected us to continual surveillance and could convict us of thought-crime, and who regarded us as its private property even after we died? How happy we ought to be, at the reflection that there exists not a shred of respectable evidence to support such a horrible hypothesis. Christopher Hitchens
atheist children believe
A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the West. Don't believe a word of this: try asking the children of Indochina who were dumped by their parents for inherited deformities that were attributed to sins in a previous 'life. Christopher Hitchens
atheist men laughing
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man made and what you have to show [is] there internal inconsistencies and absurdities. One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority... it is an indispensable thing people can call it blasphemy if they like, but if they call it that they have to assume there is something to be blasphemed - some divine work, well I don't accept the premise. Christopher Hitchens
mistakes replay
You replay and you rethink. The mistakes really hurt. Steve Nash
mistake kissing kissing-someone
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake. Barbara Mertz
mistake ideas execution
An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes. Brent Scowcroft
mistake role-models perfect
It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best. Angie Stone
mistake lying home
I can say that it's 10 miles from my home to Trinity, when in fact that's not quite right, it's off by about 10%, but nobody would say that I'm telling a lie or making a mistake when I rounded off because that's the way we speak and rounded off terms regularly. D. A. Carson
mistake moving tables
Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on. Confucius
mistake eels tails
POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. Ambrose Bierce
mistake blessing giving
No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing. Albert Camus
mistake men waiting
You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself. Albert Camus
wayne
Lil Wayne is a music god!!!! Jamie Foxx
way late learners
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner. Ben Fountain
way would-be records
I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do. Jason Aldean
way fine
I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me. Janet Jackson
way happiness-and-success just-being
The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can. Meryl Streep
way done yeast
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast. Dennis Potter
way talent failing
As to great and commanding talents, they are the gift of Providence in some way unknown to us, they rise where they are least expected; they fail when everything seems disposed to produce them, or at least to call them forth. Edmund Burke
way twins identical
Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways. Edward Norton
way wells feels
I didn't feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can't say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted. Charles Bukowski