The existence of a higher power with any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for their moral choices or that there is any reason other than fear to believe in any version of an afterlife, I will give you my piano, one of my legs and my wife.
TIM MINCHINDefine yourself by what you love.
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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It’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours.
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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me
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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
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Who’s the world going to revolve around now?
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There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
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If anyone can show me one example in the history of the world of a single spiritual person who has been able to show either empirically or logicall.
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We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love.
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You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
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If I had a religion, its deity would be Audysseus, the sound God, and He would be a vengeful god, dishing out eternal damnation to people with cheap stage monitors.
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