Let's Post Some Quotes

[Godfather.]

You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.
Barack Obama

[pandora]

"Music is a higher revelation
than all wisdom and philosphy.
Music is the electrical soil
in which the spirit lives,
thinks and invents."

~ Ludwig van Beethoven ~

[ed243421]

“I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religion than it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.”

“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.”

“I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.”

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

-Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist

[ed243421]

During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, Famous Atheist & Quotessuperstition, bigotry, and persecution.”

“In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.”

“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.”

“What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny. In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy.”

-James Madison, American president and political theorist (1751-1836)

[ed243421]

“Faith is believing something you know ain’t true.”

“If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.”

“It (the Bible) is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.”

“A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.”

“Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness… It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere. It makes Nero an angel of light … by contrast.”

“I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious — unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind & keep them shut by force.”

“If there is a God, he is a malign thug.”

“‘In God We Trust.’ I don’t believe it would sound any better if it were true.”

“It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.”

“Man is a marvelous curiosity . . . he thinks he is the Creator’s pet . . . he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn’t it a quaint idea.” [Letters from the Earth]

- Samuel Clemens “Mark Twain”, American author and humorist (1835-1910)

[ed243421]

I’d like to thank God, who I don’t believe in, for all of his love and support.”
Ed Vedder— June 24, 2008, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

[pandora]

Find a place (inside) where there's joy,
and the joy will burn out the pain.

[he still stands]

You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.
Barack Obama

source please?

[pearljgirl2010]

we went to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell yesterday, and found these two quotes, which I loved:

"I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than the means." --John Adams


"We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." --Benjamin Franklin

[CH156378]

"Grand Rapids, who knew?" Eddie

[g under p]

The enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy... Bruce Lee's...*Enter The Dragon*

Peace

[gimmesometruth27]

"candy always tastes better when it is stolen. especially from little kids..."

gst27
4/18/11

uttered while biting into a twizzler given to him by a drug rep who said she stole it...

[g under p]

"candy always tastes better when it is stolen. especially from little kids..."

gst27
4/18/11

uttered while biting into a twizzler given to him by a drug rep who said she stole it...

....Now that's a good one and spot on.

Peace

[bennett13]

When I die, I want to go like my grandfather: peacefully in my sleep...and not like the screaming passengers in his car.

[pandora]

That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb