1437 "Fred Hoyle is a distinguished astronomer, as you pointed out. When he speaks about biological phenomena, I would not say that he speaks ex cathedra. As a matter of fact, one of the statements that Fred Hoyle made with Chandra Wickramasinghe is that actually insects are smarter than we think they are, but they're just not letting us know." Eugene Scott in "Resolved: That evolutionists should acknowledge creation" _Firing Line_, 4 December 1997, p. 42.

1405 "Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment." Judith Hayes, In God We Trust: But Which One? (Madison, WI: FFRF, 1997), p.

3472 "I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty" [John Waters]

711 "History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again." -- Carl Sagan (1934-1996) "Cosmos"

3218 "If you talk to God, you're praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia." [Thomas Szasz]

45 "Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent." -- R. A. Heinlein

65 "I draw my warrant from the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to hold the slave in bondage." -- Rev. Thomas Witherspoon, Presbyterian, of Alabama

3539 "So, when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, if you go for all these fairy tales, that "evil" woman convinced the man to eat the apple, but the apple came from the Tree of Knowledge. And the punishment that was then handed down, the woman gets to bleed and the guy's got to go to work, is the result of a man desiring, because his woman suggested that it would be a good idea, that he get all the knowledge that was supposedly the property and domain of God. So, that right away sets up Christianity as an anti- intellectual religion. You never want to be that smart. If you're a woman, it's going to be running down your leg, and if you're a guy, you're going to be in the salt mines for the rest of your life. So, just be a dumb fuck and you'll all go to heaven. That's the subtext of Christianity." [Frank Zappa]

897 "I believe I have acted rightly in steadily following and devoting my life to science." -- Charles Darwin

1167 "The citizen's job is to be rude--to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt." --John Ralston Saul, The Doubter's Companion

2004 "A Boss in Heavan is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished." [Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) Russian anarchist, atheist author, and founder of Nihilism]

2891 Playboy: "Has no religion, in your estimation, ever offered anything of constructive value to human life?" Ayn Rand: "Qua religion, no - in the sense of blind belief, belief unsupported by, or contrary to, the facts of reality and the conclusions of reason. Faith, as such, is extremely detrimental to human life: it is the negation of reason. But you must remember that religion is an early form of philosophy, that the first attempts to explain the universe, to give a coherent frame of reference to man's life and a code of moral values, were made by religion, before men graduated or developed enough to have philosophy. And, as philosophies, some religions have very valuable moral points. They may have a good influence or proper principles to inculcate, but in a very contradictory context and, on a very - how should I say it? - dangerous or malevolent base: on the ground of faith." [Playboy interview with Ayn Rand]

3158 "His heart shall be torn from his living bosom and thrown in his face, after which his head is to be taken off and exposed on the church steeple in his native village. His body is to be cut into four pieces and a quarter fastened upon different towers of the City of Alkamaar." [Diedrich Sonoy, Lutheran governer in Holland, on the Catholic Nanning Koppezoon, who was tortured for refusing to convert]

485 "Vegetarian - that's an old Native American word meaning 'lousy hunter.'"

678 "Ubi dubium ibi liberts (Where there is doubt, there is freedom)" -- Latin proverb

1413 "'God's' message in my dream was very different. It confirmed what I have come to believe -- that we are here on earth to live life fully. It helped me respect myself, and stop feeling wrong for doing what felt right. When I consider some kind of life-force, I now believe that she/he/it supports me in being who I am. There are no easy answers and life can get tough at times. Yet despite the ambiguity we all need to plunge ahead and do it anyway. We can find the courage and discover great joy." Marlene Winell, Leaving the Fold (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 1993), pp. ix-x.

1225 "However far back we may be able to trace the -- so to speak -- internal history of the Universe, there can be no question of arguing that this or that external origin is either probable or improbable. We do not have, and we necessarily could not have, experience of other Universes to tell us that Universes, or Universes with these particular features, are the work of Gods, or of Gods of this or that particular sort." Antony Flew, "The Presumption of Atheism" God, Freedom, and Immortality, (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), p. 51.

52 "Well, it's a type 'M' planet, so it should at least have Roddenberries." -- Turanga Leela, Futurama

2883 "I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Saviour, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Saviour, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe." Dan Quayle]

1949 "Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is." [Jean Anouilh]