To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click ‘I Agree’.
BILL MAHERI think what’s dangerous is the idea that someone can wash away your sins.
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Our mistakes from the past are just that: mistakes. And they were necessary to make in order to become the wiser person we became.
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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.
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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.
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Talk to women who’ve ever dated an Arab man. The results are not good.
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Religion, it stops people from thinking because they think all the answers are in that one book; it impedes progress; it justifies crazy people. Flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative.
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When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise.
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The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They’re supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.
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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.
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As you go down the path of life, ask whats true. Not who else believes it.
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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.
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I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.
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If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you Pope.
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Death is nature’s way of killing you.
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Hot women have to stop putting long paragraphs of text on their bodies. I know you think it’s sexy but one thing that men never think is, “Gee, you know what would make this sex better? Having something to read.”
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Have you ever met a war you didn’t love? I’m asking, is there any place you don’t want to intervene in?
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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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I don’t respect religon. I don’t respect superstitious thinking and that is what religous is.
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You can’t pray away global warming, and that’s the difference between religious people and sane people.
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It’s very hard not to be condescending when you’re explaining something to an idiot.
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Some people think I enjoy debate. I don’t. I wish everyone agreed with me; it would save a lot of time.
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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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Only a Bush could answer a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question two different ways and be wrong both times.
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Funny that all of Nixon’s crimes – anonymous campaign cash, wiretapping, undeclared wars – are all legal now. Discuss.
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I feel like I’m wearing orthopedic shoes, because I stand corrected.
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I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.
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The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live.
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