“I don’t believe in marriage in the conventional way. I am not [a] religious person, and marriage in front of [the] altar wouldn’t say anything to me.” …
Publications
Paul Newman
“Although never overtly religious, Newman said he chose to think of himself as Jewish because it was ‘more challenging.’ ” …
Jules Feiffer
“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?” …
Virginia Woolf
“I read the Book of Job last night — I don’t think God comes well out of it.” …
W. Somerset Maugham
“I do not believe in God. I see no need of such idea. It is incredible to me that there should be an after-life. I find the notion of future …
Robert Burns
“[Burns] lives in darkness and in the shadow of doubt. His religion, at best, is an anxious wish; like that of Rabelais, ‘a great Perhaps.’ ” …
Sherwin Wine
“If I were a CEO of a company and ran it like God runs the universe, I’d be fired.” …
Frederick the Great
“Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be. Their aim is always to wield despotic authority of men’s consciences. They therefore persecute all of us who …
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
“The merits and services of Christianity have been industriously extolled by its hired advocates. Every Sunday its praises are sounded from myriads of pulpits. It enjoys the prestige of an …
