“My brief answer is that I am an atheist. … I’m not saying there isn’t a God, but there isn’t a God who cares about people. And who wants a …
Day: June 11, 1980
Anne Royall
“An enemy is an enemy, whether he be wrapped in a cloak of cloth, or a cloak of religion.” …
Ingrid Newkirk
“I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in God. I believe that the horrors in this world could not ever have been created by a loving God. I believe in kindness, …
Gene Wilder
“I’m going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito. I have no other religion. I feel …
Irving Berlin
“Paradise doesn’t compare. All the nice people are there They come there from everywhere Just to revel with Mister Devil.” …
Richard Feynman
“One time, when I wasn’t there, somebody nominated me for president of the youth center. The elders began getting nervous, because I was an avowed atheist by that time.” …
Mark Strand
“I haven’t met God and I haven’t been to heaven, so I’m skeptical. Nobody’s come back to me to tell me they’re having a great time in heaven and that …
Leo Rosten
“The purpose of life is not to be happy — but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.” …
George E. Macdonald
“The [Catholic] Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman.” …