"If God is God He is not good, if God is good He is not God; take the even, take the odd."

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Source : Archibald MacLeish (1958). “J. B.”

Archibald MacLeish

#Atheism Quotes #Odd Quotes

“I don't think [being monogamous] is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate. Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it.”
“A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American rentier who has inherited wealth but is doing nothingto increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?”
“Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”

Source : "The Relation of Jazz to American Music", in Henry Cowell (ed.) American Composers on American Music, 1933.
“I love, therefore I am vulnerable.”

Source : Alan AtKisson (1999). “Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World”, Chelsea Green Publishing Company
“It's much less interesting as an actor playing someone who's purely good or purely evil.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.”
“No one who works for a living should live in poverty.”
“A European brewery has purchased Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser, for $52 billion. Which is a a shame because if they had waited until happy hour, they could have paid half that.”

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