The Wit and Blasphemy of Atheists - 500 Greatest Quips and Quotes from Freethinkers, Non-Believers and the Happily Damned
Author(s): Scott Lynch (Compiled by); Jonathan C. Criswell (Compiled by)
A PIE IN THE FACE
OF THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS
Smart and thought-provoking, clever and humorous, The Wit and Blasphemy of Atheists takes on religion and god with an entertaining skepticism. These savvy quotes come from freethinkers and notable figures in every field of thought-philosophers, writers, comedians, and more.
All thinking men are atheists.
-- Ernest Hemingway
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?
-- George Deacon
To you I’m an atheist; to God I’m the loyal opposition.
-- Woody Allen
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
-- Thomas Szasz
...heaven for the climate, and hell for society.
-- Mark Twain
If God wanted people to believe in him, why’d he invent logic?
-- David Feherty
Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
I read the book of Job last night-I don’t think God comes well out of it.
-- Virginia Woolf
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunk man is happier than a sober one.
-- George Bernard Shaw
OF THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS
Smart and thought-provoking, clever and humorous, The Wit and Blasphemy of Atheists takes on religion and god with an entertaining skepticism. These savvy quotes come from freethinkers and notable figures in every field of thought-philosophers, writers, comedians, and more.
All thinking men are atheists.
-- Ernest Hemingway
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?
-- George Deacon
To you I’m an atheist; to God I’m the loyal opposition.
-- Woody Allen
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
-- Thomas Szasz
...heaven for the climate, and hell for society.
-- Mark Twain
If God wanted people to believe in him, why’d he invent logic?
-- David Feherty
Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
I read the book of Job last night-I don’t think God comes well out of it.
-- Virginia Woolf
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunk man is happier than a sober one.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Ulysses Press
- : 0.156036
- : 01 April 2011
- : .54 Inches X 5 Inches X 7 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Scott Lynch (Compiled by); Jonathan C. Criswell (Compiled by)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 208