“It is neither Madonna-worship nor saint-worship, but the evangelical self-worship and hell-worship — gloating, with an imagination as unfounded as it is foul, over the torments of the damned, instead …
Publications
Philip Appleman
O Karma, Dharma, Pudding and Pie O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie, gimme a break before I die: grant me wisdom, will, & wit, purity, probity, pluck, & grit. Trustworthy, …
Elizabeth Bishop
“[Darwin] is one of the people I like best in the world.” …
Cecily Strong
“Dogs are the best: This is my religion.” …
Emo Philips
“A Mormon told me that they don’t drink coffee. I said, ‘A cup of coffee every day gives you wonderful benefits.’ He said, ‘Like what?’ I said, ‘Well, it keeps …
Suzy Eddie Izzard
“I was warming the material up in New York, where one night, literally on stage, I realized I didn’t believe in God at all. … I just didn’t think there …
Charles Dickens
“He hated the Roman Catholic Church, ‘that curse upon the world,’ as the tool and coadjutor of oppression throughout Europe. … He thought the influence of the Roman Church almost …
Sinclair Lewis
“It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.” …
G.H. Hardy
1. To prove the Riemann hypothesis; 2. To make a brilliant play in a crucial cricket match; 3. To prove the nonexistence of God; 4. To be the first man …
