"I don't believe in God because certain reasons and arguments weigh more heavily in my mind than others, not because I have willfully decided to reject my creator, as many religious people seem to think. I could no more simply decide to believe in God than I could decide to like beetroot, just like that."

-- Julian Baggini

#Religious Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters. That matters because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people.”
“What is your Primary Aim? Where is the script to make your dreams come true?”
“I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.”
“I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.”
“In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power, ... We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power. We shouldn't feel that it detracts from our femininity.”
“We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans.”
“Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted.”

Source : Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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