Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him
with old wives' tales as to what is to become of it afterwards,
and you have a hooked fish, a mental slave!
—THEODORE DREISER
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do
with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
—SUSAN ERTZ
I see life as a dance. Does a dance have to have a meaning?
You're dancing because you enjoy it.
—JACKIE MASON
No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another
human being. When the car will not go, he does
not attribute its annoying behavior to sin; he does not
say, "You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you
any more petrol until you go." He attempts to find out
what is wrong and set it right.
-BERTRAND RUSSELL
There is no sect in geometry; one does not refer to a
Euclidean or Archimedean.
-VOLTAIRE
Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is
that they are not even superficial.
-FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
"Faith" means the will to avoid knowing what is true.
-FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the
fathers upon the children . . . is contrary to every principle
of moral justice.
-THOMAS PAINE
Well, I believe that there's somebody out there who watches
over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
-WOODY ALLEN
Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this
saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
—EDWARD ABBEY
THEOLOGY—An effort to explain the unknowable by putting
it into terms of the not worth knowing.
—H. L. MENCKEN
with old wives' tales as to what is to become of it afterwards,
and you have a hooked fish, a mental slave!
—THEODORE DREISER
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do
with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
—SUSAN ERTZ
I see life as a dance. Does a dance have to have a meaning?
You're dancing because you enjoy it.
—JACKIE MASON
No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another
human being. When the car will not go, he does
not attribute its annoying behavior to sin; he does not
say, "You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you
any more petrol until you go." He attempts to find out
what is wrong and set it right.
-BERTRAND RUSSELL
There is no sect in geometry; one does not refer to a
Euclidean or Archimedean.
-VOLTAIRE
Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is
that they are not even superficial.
-FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
"Faith" means the will to avoid knowing what is true.
-FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the
fathers upon the children . . . is contrary to every principle
of moral justice.
-THOMAS PAINE
Well, I believe that there's somebody out there who watches
over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
-WOODY ALLEN
Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this
saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
—EDWARD ABBEY
THEOLOGY—An effort to explain the unknowable by putting
it into terms of the not worth knowing.
—H. L. MENCKEN
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Vanhimmat
>Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is
that they are not even superficial.
-FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE <
tuossa männäpäivänä yritin tolkuttaa eräälle maailmanlopunennustajalle, että raamattu on vain tuhansia vuosia vanhan kansan, osittain muualta vaikutteita saanut kokoelma taruista ja sotaretkistä, ei ' syvällinen ja vertauskuvallinen teos, jonka ymmärtämiseen tarvitaan viisautta '. siihen syssyyn olisi pitänyt osata lainata nietzscheä.
Varmaankin kaikki asiat, mitä uskonnosta voi sanoa joku on jossakin jo sanonut. Nämä sitaatit ovat The Atheists' Bible-nimisestä kirjasta. Tässä yksi suosikeistani:
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one
fewer god than you do. When you understand why you
dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand
why I dismiss yours.
—STEPHEN HENRY ROBERTS
dont use sitates you have balls talk without em
Suomennos: Älä käytä sitateja, sinulla on munat, puhu ilman niitä.
Hheheh.
Vaihtoehtoisesti: Älä käytä sitaatteja, jotka omistat, sillä pallot puhuvat ilman eksametriä.