There is only one way to avoid criticism: say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Aristotle

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

unknown

My brain? That's my second favorite organ.

Woody Allen

God created man in his own image and man, flattered, returned the compliment

unknown

Tell people that there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you.
Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.

George Carlin

Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown his own?

Robert G. Ingersoll

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Albert Einstein

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the Imagination.

Edward Abbey

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Richard Dawkins

God likes atheists better.

Dave Allen

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

Clarence Darrow

If you are the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

Michael Dell

I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

Doug McLeod

Listen to understand instead of listening to respond.

Rebecca Renner

Once you've seen a woman take off her bra without removing her shirt, it makes more sense why they should be in charge of things.

unknown

Any photographer who says he’s not a voyeur is either stupid or a liar.

Helmut Newton

I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Stephen Hawking

At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. It was a very bright class. My classwork was very untidy, and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers. But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein, so presumably they saw signs of something better. When I was twelve, one of my friends bet another friend a bag of sweets that I would never come to anything. I don't know if this bet was ever settled, and if so, which way it was decided.

Stephen Hawking

Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.

Douglas Adams

Being a humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after death.

Kurt Vonnegut

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

(attributed to a bunch of people)

Being a friend is the ultimate fulfillment

Stevenvh

Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.

Warsan Shire

There is no hell. There is only France.

Frank Zappa