Bill Maher on god
Bill Maher122 quotes“God knows life sucks. It’s right there in the Bible. The book of Job is all about Job asking God to take away pain and misery. And God says, “I can’t take away pain and misery because then no one would talk to me.””
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Hollywood isn’t your cesspool, America. It’s your mirror.
Bill MaherBill Maher What I believe in is love your neighbor as yourself and don’t call him stupid because they don’t agree with you politically.
Bill MaherBill Maher Again, (America is) a stupid country with stupid people who don’t pay attention.
Bill MaherBill Maher The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he’s the only one in the world who treats me like I’m the Beatles.
Bill MaherBill Maher Let’s make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake – you know, to send the right message to kids.
Bill MaherBill Maher You want to spend your millions on a worthless cause? Try donating it to the Democrats.
Bill MaherBill Maher I always compare marriage to communism. They’re both institutions that don’t conform to human nature, so you’re going to end up with lying and hypocrisy.
Bill MaherBill Maher Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It’s kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald’s and not eat the fries on the way home.
Bill MaherBill Maher Some people think I enjoy debate. I don’t. I wish everyone agreed with me; it would save a lot of time.
Bill MaherBill Maher If conservatives get to call universal healthcare ‘socialized medicine,’ I get to call private, for-profit healthcare ‘soulless, vampire bastards making money off human pain.’
Bill MaherBill Maher If you believe that the world is going to come to an end – and perhaps any day now – does it not drain one’s motivation to improve life on earth while we’re here?
Bill MaherBill Maher We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama came out against lunatics with guns, she gave the rebuttal.
Bill MaherBill Maher The idea that men are from Mars and women are from Venus is a bunch of bullshit. Treat her like you would a friend, and you’ll wind up with a lover.
Bill MaherBill Maher 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 MaherBill Maher America is like a dog. I’m sorry, but it is. It cannot understand actual words. It understands inflection. It understands fear. But you can’t actually explain issues to a dog.
Bill MaherBill Maher Religion is detrimental to the progress of society.
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Blessed with some success, so I’mma try my best to live my life right. When I see God, he’ll be impressed.
Mac MillerMac Miller May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HerodotusHerodotus Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
Al-GhazaliAl-Ghazali The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
HerodotusHerodotus
