Quote (#528)

"The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful
and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying
to weed out people who are irrational by seeing who would be
stupid enough to believe in his god illusion so easily. Those
that believe in this illusion, he will send to eternal damnation
and he will deliver the rational beings, those who stoically
refused to believe in a god, to heaven."
- Nicholas Yee

"The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent
if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant
of premarital sexual behavior is 2 percent. The probability of
this relationship occurring by chance is 125,000 to one. I am
not aware of any other developmental variable that has such a
high degree of predictive validity."
- James W. Prescott, 1975

"When they took the Fourth Amendment,
I was silent because I don’t deal drugs.
When they took the Sixth Amendment,
I kept quiet because I know I’m innocent.
When they took the Second Amendment,
I said nothing because I don’t own a gun.
Now they’ve come for the First Amendment,
and I can’t say anything at all."
- Tim Freeman

In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the
bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered,
"I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions,
"but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."
- Talmud

"Democracy does not guarantee equality
of conditions - it only guarantees
equality of opportunity."
- Irving Kristol

"I don’t know anything about music.
In my line you don’t have to."
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977)