"I know this was the soil on which I was born: but I have nothing to glorify this as my country. I have no pride of ancestry to point back to. Our forefathers did not come here as did the Pilgrim fathers, in search of a place where they could enjoy civil and religious liberties."

-- Augustus Washington

#Country Quotes #Religious Quotes #Father Quotes

“You are that what you cannot lose.”
“I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest observations, the universal inclination of humankind is to be led by the ears, and I am sometimes apt to imagine that they are given to men as they are to pitchers, purposely that they may be carried about by them.”
“People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything.”
“It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple.”
“common sense is the enemy of romance”

Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2007). “Waking with Enemies”, p.148, Penguin
“I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs to be said about it: no evidence, no belief.”

Source : Dan Barker (1992). “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist”, Freedom from Religion Fndtn
“Just being the son of Billy Graham won't get me into heaven.”
“If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you've made, let's be fair, that means you've got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you've done. It's okay to say, "God, I wish I'd done this; yeah, but I did do that." Then it kind of balances out.”

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