It's A Quote

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

‘You can only be young once, but you can always be immature.’ - Dave Barry

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

There is an entire field of religious philosophy called “apologetics” and its proponents are called “apologists.”
What they do is construct arguments to counter criticisms of Bible passages by loosely interpreting the literal word, thereby leaving room for the Bible to not sound as though it contradicts empirical findings of the natural world.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'I base my fashion choices mostly on what doesn't itch.' - Gilda Radner

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

"I have endeavored to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) 

[Carl Hickey]

If you have to ask, then you probably can’t afford it. 

J. P. Morgan?

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Competition is a sin.

John D. Rockefeller

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We have the best government that money can buy.

Mark Twain

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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

Otto von Bismarck

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The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Groucho Marx

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[Carl Hickey]

There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect; compared with which, reproach, hatred, and opposition, are names of happiness.

/In 1750 the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson penned a thematically related statement about the desirability of public recognition even if it is negative/

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Any kind of publicity is good publicity as long as they spell your name right.

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Say anything you like about me, but spell my name right.

[Gwaithmir]

“Can anybody believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? We know pretty well where the various books came from, and about when they were written. We know that they were written by human beings who had no knowledge of life, and were influenced by the barbarous morality of primitive times, and were grossly ignorant of most things that men know today.” (Clarence Darrow) 

[Fake Messiah]

More wisdom from Neil deGrasse Tyson:

I am not in denial of good design. Good design is obvious when it’s there—the opposable thumb. Stereo-vision. Speech. Ball sockets (shoulders and hips). The shape and strength of our skull, to name a few. But you [theist] are in denial of bad design, not because it is not there, but because it falls outside of your religious philosophy, and are thus blind to it. By the way, you are not alone. This has been going on for centuries. And there is an entire field of religious philosophy called “apologetics” that carries on with this behavior. Its proponents are called “apologists.”

[Gwaithmir]

“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than Buddha? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect self calmness than Socrates? Was he more patient, more charitable than Epictetus? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker than Epicurus? In what respect was he the superior of Zoroaster? Was he gentler than Lao-tsze, more universal than Confucius? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of Zeno? Did he express greater truths than Cicero? Was his minder subtler than Spinoza’s? Was his brain equal to Kepler’s or Newton’s? Was he grander in death – a sublimer martyr than Bruno? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of human brain and heart, of passions, hopes and fears, the equal of Shakespeare, the greatest of the human race?” (Robert G. Ingersoll) 

[Ahriman]

"How many times have I told you, the beach is for people who look good and aren’t afraid to show off their bodies, you do not look good enough to go to the beach, just stay inside." - my mom