Mark Thomas famous quotes

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The only deadline is the one I give myself.
-- Mark Thomas

#Giving #Deadline
True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.
-- Mark Thomas

#Reality #Religion #Atheism
Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.
-- Mark Thomas

#Religion #Atheism #Belief
The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong.
-- Mark Thomas

#Religion #Perception #Atheism
There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.
-- Mark Thomas

#Differences #Religion #Atheism
The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're not far apart.
-- Mark Thomas

#Essence #Religion #Atheism
We all behave as though what we think is true, is true.
-- Mark Thomas

#Thinking #Religion #Atheism
Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental trials than those of nonbelief. It is quite difficult to ascertain the wishes of an invisible being.
-- Mark Thomas

#Believe #Thinking #Religion
One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.
-- Mark Thomas

#Believe #Mushrooms #Police
Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they get away with that one?'
-- Mark Thomas

#Turkeys #Rights #Envy
People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.
-- Mark Thomas

#People #Cards #Matter
Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.
-- Mark Thomas

#Freedom Of Speech #Speech #Free Speech
We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.
-- Mark Thomas

#Political #Lucky #Should
I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes.
-- Mark Thomas

#Eye #Each Day #Want
People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.
-- Mark Thomas

#Fighting #Years #People
I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.
-- Mark Thomas

#Jobs #Track #Comedian
I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.
-- Mark Thomas

#Lying #Mean #Mps
People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.
-- Mark Thomas

#Jobs #Thinking #People
Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.
-- Mark Thomas

#Religion #Atheism #Different
Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.
-- Mark Thomas

#Christian #Atheist #Rude
Christians and Jews don't believe in Allah or Brahma. Hindus don't believe in Yahweh or Allah. Muslims don't believe in Brahma or Yahweh. Atheists agree with all of them.
-- Mark Thomas

#Christian #Atheist #Believe

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