"I regard teaching religion as purveying lies."

-- Peter Atkins

#Lying Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Teaching Religion Quotes

“I donâ€™t claim to know an over-arching â€˜Meaning of Life,â€™ but I do operate under the understanding that life should not be lived under the pretense that it is simply a test propagated by an invisible, intangible, Creator-God. And it should not be spent identifying with religious traditions and organized groups that, historically, have been at the root of a tremendous amount of oppression and violence.”
“Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.”
“I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts.”
“If people are worried about unfair advancement, they should look at the sons-in-law of the world running companies. They've truly slept their way to the top.”
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
“Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.”
“Evaluation and coaching get tangled together. When this occurs, the noise of evaluation drowns out coaching efforts. Think of this like a term paper. When you get your assignment grade back (evaluation) you tend to tune out the professor notes in the margins (coaching) if the grade is higher or lower than expected.”
“Franz Kafka is a huge influence, more than the Grimms. To allow yourself to get into the coal bucket and fly to the sky ... we learned that from Kafka, that you can have a thought and make a body of it in this way.”

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