I don’t say that I’m an atheist. I don’t like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I say I don’t know. And if you don’t know – and you don’t – just man up and say you don’t know. Don’t turn to silly stories and ancient myths.
BILL MAHERCan we go back to using Facebook for what it was originally for – looking up exes to see how fat they got?
More Bill Maher Quotes
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Beating Newt Gingrich in a popularity contest is like beating Stephen Hawking in ‘Dancing with the Stars.’
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There is no debate here, just scientists and non-scientists. And since the subject is science, the non-scientists don’t get a vote.
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The whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid. Girls got pinned, not nailed.
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Again, (America is) a stupid country with stupid people who don’t pay attention.
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Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government.
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Halloween is a day when we all get to fool people into thinking we’re someone else. Or as Mitt Romney calls it, campaigning.
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Atheism is a religion the way abstinence is a sex position.
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Curious people are interesting people, I wonder why that is.
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Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.
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There’s a phrase we live by in America: “In God We Trust”. It’s right there where Jesus would want it: on our money.
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I feel terrible for a Palestinian child who dies. But, if it’s your father, your brother or your uncle who was firing those rockets into Israel, whose fault is it really? Do you really expect the Israelis not to retaliate?
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Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can’t pass a background check support background checks.
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During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn’t have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
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Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.
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The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them.
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