"The cynic about human nature might say that religious morality is an effective way of keeping people in line. The threat of hell, the reward of heaven, but the rules of the holy books are out of date and often barbaric."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Religious Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.”
“Love is in the air but the air is highly polluted”
“Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.”
“Only that which points the human spirit beyond its own limitations into what is universally human gives the individual strength superior to his own. Only in suprahuman demands which can hardly be fulfilled do human beings and peoples feel their true and sacred measure.”
“So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.”
“I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.”

Source : "Jimmy Choo's Tamara Mellon" by Nancy Hass, www.elle.com. October 14, 2009.
“We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded, and we were drawn to each other because we missed playing.”
“In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact, the stoner hadn't even finished moving out when she told me not to worry, because she already had someone better lined up for me. I was just lonely and desperate enough to endure a four-month celibate long distance relationship with a guy who read 15 chapters of the Bible and prayed for two hours every day and expected me to follow suit. He wanted to give our hypothetical children Bible names and for us to move to Korea to become missionaries.”

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