Quotes tagged ‘atheism’

“Priest: Don't be afraid, my son. No one is more powerful than God. Calogero 'C' Anello: I don't know about that, father. Your guy may be bigger than my guy up there, but my guy is bigger than your guy down here. Priest: Ya got a point.”

— Chazz Palminteri, Calogero "C" Anello (Age 17), Lillo Brancato, imdb.com

“People often ask me, 'do you believe in God?' I don’t like that question. First of all, it’s an attempt to box me in, in a sense. The reason that it’s an attempt to box me in is because the question is asked so that I can be firmly placed on one side of a binary argument. The reason I don’t like to…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“Jane Hawking: So, I take it you've never been to church? Stephen Hawking: Once upon a time. Jane Hawking: Tempted to convert? Stephen Hawking: I have a slight problem with the celestial dictatorship premise.”

— Anthony McCarten, Stephen Hawking, Eddie Redmayne, imdb.com

“When someone goes into that chapel and they fall on their knees and they pray to God that their wife doesn’t miscarry or that their daughter doesn’t bleed to death or that their mother doesn’t suffer acute neural trauma from post-operative shock, who do you think they’re praying to?”

— Aaron Sorkin, Scott Frank, Dr. Jed Hill, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“Diego Rivera: You know, I don't believe in God...but I thank him every day that he kept you safe for me. Frida Kahlo: Oh really?... I tell you he's got a lot of explaining to do.”

— Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek, imdb.com

“[Alone in a church, talking to God, as police lights begin flashing] Is that your answer, old man? Well, I guess you're a hard case, too.”

— Frank Pierson, Donn Pearce, Luke Jackson, Paul Newman, imdb.com

“There is no proof of God anywhere in the universe.”

— Steven Lilien, Miles Finer, Brandon Micheal Hall, imdb.com

“There is no God and that is okay.”

— Steven Lilien, Miles Finer, Brandon Micheal Hall, imdb.com

“What God? You clearly don't know where you are. Look around. There ain't no higher-up around here to watch over you. This here's the paradise of the locust the lizard the snake. It's the land of the blade and the rifle. It's godless country. And the sooner you accept your inevitable demise, the long…”

— Scott Frank, Frank Griffin, Jeff Daniels, imdb.com

“Without God, there’s no structure, no order. With no one at the wheel, we hit the rocks, it’s chaos.”

— Craig Rosenberg, Jesse Custer, Dominic Cooper, imdb.com

“Terry: We can't take communion. Ray: It's a fuckin' cracker.”

— Ann Biderman, Brett Johnson, Ray Donovan, Liev Schreiber, imdb.com

“One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.”

— Aleister Crowley, amazon.com

“The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world with its liberating, expanding and beautifying possibilities, as against an unreal world, which, with its spirits, oracles, and mean contentment has…”

— Emma Goldman, amazon.com

“There is no God in the Badlands.”

— Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Quinn, Marton Csokas, imdb.com

“Is that what God does? He helps? Tell me, why didn't God help my innocent friend who died for no reason while the guilty roam free? Okay, fine. Forget the one-offs. How about the countless wars declared in his name? Okay, fine. Let's skip the random, meaningless murder for a second, shall we? How ab…”

— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com

“I so miss being an atheist.”

— Eugenie Ross-Leming, Brad Buckner, Donatello Redfield, Keith Szarabajka, imdb.com

“Sam: [concerning God] All current indications of His presence are...that there are no current indications of His presence. Rowena: Well dear, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of hell.”

— Eugenie Ross-Leming, Brad Buckner, Sam Winchester, Jared Padalecki, imdb.com

“I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people.”

— Max Born, rsc.byu.edu

“An atheist, a CrossFitter, and a vegan walk into a bar. I know because they told me.”

— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com