"The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should insist on the need to engage in a meaningful debate on the entire issue of the truth or falsity (or probability or improbability) of religious tenets, without being subject to accusations of impiety, immorality, impoliteness, or any of the other smokescreens used by the pious to deflect attention from the central issues at hand."

-- S. T. Joshi

#Meaningful Quotes #Religious Quotes #Atheist Quotes

“In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order.”
“If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold.”
“I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.”
“Repetition is the mother of pedagogy”

Source : "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.
“I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.”
“The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy â€” not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.”

Source : "Robin Williams: Genie in the Lamp" by Alex Kip, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2014.
“If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.”
“The gentlemen who wrote the Constitution were as suspicious of efficient government as they were wary of democracy, a "turbulence and a folly" that was associated with the unruly ignorance of an urban mob.”

Source : Lewis H. Lapham (1997). “Waiting for the Barbarians”, p.73, Verso

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