"My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of Prayer,' when prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Kings Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Dust Quotes

“The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.”
“I do think that it is legitimate to talk of goals and functions in nature, and that these things can be made sense of in naturalistic terms. There is nothing at all contrary to naturalism in the idea of goal-directed systems.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Odd how clear it suddenly became, once a person had died, that the body was the very least of him.”

Source : Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet
“Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.”
“I stood in this unsheltered place, 'til I could see the face behind the face.”
“To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty”

Source : Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.72, Northwestern University Press
“First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.”
“Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitlerâ€™s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.”

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