""You don't believe in God," I said to Stein. "God is a word banging around in the human nervous system. He exists about as much as Santa Claus." "Santa Claus has had a tremendous influence, exist or not." "For children." "Lots of saints have died for God with a courage that's hardly childish." "That's part of the horror. It's all a fantasy. It's all for nothing.""

-- Peter De Vries

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.”
“I was always the clown in school. I had a personal put down sense of humor. I wasn't vindictive. I didn't make fun of people.”
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”

Source : H. L. Mencken (1924). “Prejudices Fourth Series”
“There are few pages of history which do not demonstrate that public prayer and ritual never inoculated people against mass-madness and cruelty. What is needed is emphasis on morality and manners.”

Source : Steve Allen (2001). “Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio : Raising the Standards of Popular Culture”
“With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.”
“You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It's a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.”
“Younger workers should have more freedom to build their retirement nest egg.”
“I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.”

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