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atheism three wealth
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power. Charles Caleb Colton
atheism belief claims
Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or gods) exists. Nothing more. Ricky Gervais
atheism facts opinion
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational Ricky Gervais
atheism hobbies belief
Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby. Ricky Gervais
atheism doe world
As a social and as a personal force, religion has become a dependent variable. It does not originate; it reacts. It does not denounce; it adapts. It does not set forth new models of conduct and sensibility; it imitates. Its rhetoric is without deep appeal; the worship it organizes is without piety. It has become less a revitalization of the spirit in permanent tension with the world than a respectable distraction from the sourness of life. C. Wright Mills
atheism divine sovereignty
Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism. Charles Spurgeon
atheism movement goes-on
The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged "truth" which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
atheism affirmation made
Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made. Charles Bradlaugh
atheism public-opinion court
There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion. Charles Bradlaugh
saws advantage
There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. Carol Leifer
saws republican activist
I was a Republican, and I saw the activists and what they were doing; it was intolerable to me. Charlie Crist
saws mets ringo
I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John. Brian Wilson
saws toilets scream
If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, would you scream, or would you innately understand that he meant you no harm? David Sedaris
saws splits want
In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I'm not. Jandy Nelson
saws hendrix yeah
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. Brian May
saws musician would-be
I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter. Bruce Springsteen
saws opinion film
I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original. Brendan Fraser
saws want shoulders
If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you. Bill Murray
puritan outspoken
I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times. Janet Montgomery
puritanism strongest
One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard. Tom Paulin
puritan all-things
To the Puritan all things are impure, as somebody says. D. H. Lawrence
puritan pleasure duty
The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties. Mason Cooley
puritan righteous persons
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. Gilbert K. Chesterton
puritan pornography catholicism
Anti-Catholicism has always been the pornography of the Puritan. Richard Hofstadter