"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies."

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"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies."

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"If you think you have it tough, read history books."

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"Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence."

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"Men are only as loyal as their options."

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"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."

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"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"

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"Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'"

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"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out."

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"Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them."

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"Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ."

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"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there."

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"The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore."

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"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

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"Religion is not a conclusion of the reason."

Lyman Abbott, American Author

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"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

Felix Adler, German Educator

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"The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer."

Horatio Alger, American Author

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"Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

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"A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

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"If you think you have it tough, read history books."

"Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence."

"Men are only as loyal as their options."

"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."

"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"

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"It's all been satirized for your protection."

"Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'"

"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out."

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"Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them."

"Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ."

"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there."

"The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore."

"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

"Religion is not a conclusion of the reason."

"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

"The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer."

"Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act."

"A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people."