“Jane tried to convert me [to religion] and I tried to introduce her to Freud.” …
Day: June 1, 1980
Bob Mankoff
“Just to clear up any ambiguity, I’m not a believer, or even agnostic, I’m an atheist (denomination: Jewish). That means the God I don’t believe in is different from the …
Joseph Heller
“Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth-decay in His divine system of creation?” …
Milan Kundera
“I was never a believer, but after seeing Czech Catholics persecuted during the Stalinist terror, I felt the deepest solidarity with them. What separated us, the belief in God, was …
Abraham Maslow
“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could …
Vladimir Pozner Jr.
“As it is known, I am an atheist. I stridently believe there is no God. It’s not that I run around shouting, ‘There isn’t, there isn’t’ from morning to evening, …
Scott Dikkers
“See, atheists and agnostics aren’t scary. Listen to their laughter! It’s a joyous sound, like the laughter of innocent children. You can trust us! Furthermore, I want to say to …
Nuala O’Faolain
Nuala O’Faolain: And though I respect and adore the art that arises from the love of God and though nearly everybody I love and respect themselves believes in God, it …
Javier Bardem
“I always say, ‘I don’t believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino’ — and that’s true.” …
