Athiest Quotes & Sayings

When you have fallen by the road side, the media do not offer a helping hand — Sean Smith

I really love New York, and I've lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the different kind of class cultures in New York from the up-and-coming, down-and-out kind of artist to the powerful worlds of finance. — Neil Burger

Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten to fly planes into skyscrapers. We never threaten suicide bombs. We are very gentle people. All we do is use words to talk about things like the cosmos, the origin of the universe, evolution, the origin of life. What's there to be frightened of? It's just an opinion. — Richard Dawkins

A drop of water is not immortal; it can be resolved into oxygen and hydrogen. If, therefore, a drop of water were to maintain that it had a quality of aqueousness which would survive its dissolution we should be inclined to be skeptical. In like manner we know that the brain is not immortal ... — Bertrand Russell

If you had the option to pray for me or fight with me, you better choose the fight. — Darnell Lamont Walker

when god did something it become Natural Disaster.
when man did the same thing it become TERRORISM!
Where is consistency Bitch! — Vishal Singh

[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And everybody would go 'Yeah! — Ray Brown

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who will accomplish amazing things — Veronica Lavallee

Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. Our very unity has been strengthened by this pluralism. That's how we began; this is how we must always be. The ideals of our country leave no room whatsoever for intolerance, anti-Semitism, or bigotry of any kind
none. The unique thing about America is a wall in our Constitution separating church and state. It guarantees there will never be a state religion in this land, but at the same time it makes sure that every single American is free to choose and practice his or her religious beliefs or to choose no religion at all. Their rights shall not be questioned or violated by the state.
Remarks at the International Convention of B'nai B'rith, 6 September 1984 — Ronald Reagan

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out! — Pat Oliphant

I tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold ... — Colin Hay

I am a fairly go-with-the-flow guy. Don't get me wrong, I have convictions. — Brad Katsuyama

We ourselves are made of Stardust. — Carl Sagam

Allah says in Surah Ar-Rahman that every thing in the Heavens and the Earth begs Allah for its needs. The argument can be made that an atheist doesn't ask Allah for anything at all. The answer to that is simple: his throat begs to Allah when it is thirsty, his heart seeks permission from Allah before beating each and every single time, and every blood cell asks Allah's permission before traveling through his veins. There is only one small part of his heart, his free will, that is in disobedience to Allah. And even that part will beg to Allah on Judgment Day. — Nouman Ali Khan

The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. — Shane Claiborne

When I'm gone I'll be remembered as the workin' man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles. — Johnny Cash

I'm actually an athiest. That's kind of deep you must admit. — Thom Yorke

I can well imagine an athiest's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!" - and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying "Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain," and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story. — Yann Martel

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may be. — Margaret Atwood

I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me. — A. Whitney Brown

It is my opinion that education is a key component to peace and progress. Despite their arrogant claims to have all the answers, world religions cannot account for recent insights and discoveries about the natural world and human history. In this, the most tantalizing argument against religious faith comes forth in the way of science and reason. An ever-growing scientific consensus has resulted in the ever-shrinking populous of religious relevance. — Tommy Rodriguez

There's more religion in my little finger than there is in the pope. But no, I don't believe in God. I am an athiest. A Darwinian evolutionist. — Peter Greenaway

Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours. — Richard Dawkins

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace. — Patricia Briggs

It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope. — Terry Brooks

Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? — John Milton

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an athiest. — Jean-Paul Sartre