"Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning."

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Source : "For the love of God". www.independent.co.uk. April 6, 2011.

Jerry A. Coyne

#Doubt Quotes #Religion Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the way movie folk think is different from the way writers think, and I distrust what isn't done my way. This is what I call a healthy paranoia.”
“Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.”
“Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.”

Source : William McIlvanney (2013). “Laidlaw”, Canongate Books
“The purpose of human existence is to learn and to understand as much as we can of what came before us, so we can further the sum total of human knowledge in our life.”
“Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.”
“Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will compliment each others shortcomings”
“My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat 'cause they're calling me.”
“It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in life. Human knowledge is but an accumulation of small facts made by successive generations of men--the little bits of knowledge and experience carefully treasured up by them growing at length into a mighty pyramid.”

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