"Bertrand Russell used a hypothetical teapot in orbit about Mars for the same didactic purpose. You have to be agnostic about the teapot, but that doesn't mean you treat the likelihood of its existence as being on all fours with its non-existence."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Mean Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle.”

Source : George Bancroft (1855). “History of the United States, from the discovery of the amarican continent”, p.8
“Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.”
“It is impossible to betray another man's child - for whatever reason - without also betraying one's own. To do less than justice to another man's child, no matter who that man is, is to impair by that much the chances one's own children have for a life of meaning and purpose.”
“The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.”
“Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.”
“Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?”
“Broadly speaking, nervous women may be divided into two classes - those who are really nervous, and those who imagine themselves to be so.”
“In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.”

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