Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christopher Hitchens

Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated

Christopher Hitchens

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Christopher Durang

I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.

George Herbert

Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.

Chris Hedges

The belief that rational and quantifiable disciplines such as science can be used to perfect human society is no less absurd than a belief in magic, angels, and divine intervention.

Chris Hedges

The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of religion, science or reason, imagine that we can free ourselves from the limitations of human nature and perfect the human species.

Chris Patten

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

Chris O'Dowd

I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.

George R. R. Martin

I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Jethro Tull

In the beginning Man created God: and in the image of Man created he him.

Jean-Paul Sartre

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Jerry Falwell

Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them.

Jean Rostand

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.

Giovanni Papini

Humans: become atheists each and all! God will nevertheless welcome you with all his heart!

Ian Mckellen

I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern - legal and social equality for gay people worldwide.

Iain Banks

I just took [my cancer diagnosis] as bad luck, basically. It did strike me almost immediately, my atheist sort of thing kicked in and I thought "ha, if I was a God-botherer, I'd be thinking, why me God? What have I done to deserve this?" and I thought at least I'm free of that, at least I can simply treat it as bad luck and get on with it.

Hugh Miller

The footprint of the savage traced in the sand is sufficient to attest the presence of man to the atheist who will not recognize God, whose hand is impressed upon the entire universe.

George R. R. Martin

You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the end and there’s something more, but I can’t convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever.

George Carlin

I profess no belief in God, which by definition is true, especially if we take the accepted definition of God. But to be an atheist is to also have a belief, and have a system, and I don't know that I like that either.

George Carlin

I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I feel that if I was figuratively dropped on the Earth and there was a political line, I would be just left of center. The difference for me is that conservatives are more interested in property values and rights and free markets, and liberals are more interested in human rights. In the end, there are people who don't fit into the marketplace and are not equipped. I believe the government should step in where the free market fails.

George Carlin

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label.

George Carlin

In the 'bullshit department' a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman.

George Carlin

There may or may not be atheists in foxholes, but I'm certain there are none in the Ku Klux Klan.

George Carlin

When in comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion.

George Carlin

I also survived circumcision, a barbaric practice designed to remind you as early as possible that your genitals are not your own.

George Carlin

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

George Carlin

Religion is like drugs, it destroys the thinking mind.

George Carlin

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.