Atheist Quotes
Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken Communism begins where atheism begins.
Karl MarxKarl Marx The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII 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.
Bill MaherBill Maher There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
James JoyceJames Joyce 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 Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The Revelations of Devout and Learn’d Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn’d, Are all but Stories, which, awoke from Sleep They told their comrades, and to Sleep return’d.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison