Manual For Creating Atheists Quotes & Sayings

The shadow of a cornstalk on the ground is lovely, but it is no denial of its loveliness to see as one looks on it that it is telling the time of day, the position of the earth and the sun, the size of our planet and its shape, and perhaps even the length of its life and ours among the stars. — Arthur Miller

If we were really unattached, we should escape all this pain of vain expectation, and could cheerfully do good work in the world. Never will unhappiness or misery come through work done without attachment. The world will go on with its happiness and misery through eternity. — Swami Vivekananda

In Russia you learn patience," said Ivan. "In America you learn action. — Orson Scott Card

A man of genius belongs to no period and no country. He speaks the language of nature, which is always everywhere the same. — Michel De Montaigne

Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own. — Maud Lindsay

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad. — Faith Baldwin

Each moment is a miracle encompassing everything: the joy and sorrow, the failure and success, the disappointment and happiness, the celebration and grief. — Kazuaki Tanahashi

Anybody can be ambitious. — Chris Hughes

There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us. — Daya Mata

Up to now, most atheists have simply criticized religion in various ways, but the point is to dispel it. In A Manual For Creating Atheists, Peter Boghossian fills that gap, telling the reader how to become a 'street epistemologist' with the skills to attack religion at its weakest point: its reliance on faith rather than evidence. This book is essential for nonbelievers who want to do more than just carp about religion, but want to weaken its odious grasp on the world.

(Review of Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, 'A Manual For Creating Atheists') — Jerry A. Coyne

It's not so much that I don't like traveling, it's just that I love being home. I love being able to spend time with my friends. — Andy Roddick

Only God is in a position to look down upon someone. — Habeeb Akande

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management. — Maureen Dowd

The trees part before her slender form and close in again behind me. The roads weave a vast labyrinth, and I am lost. — Shan Sa