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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Science is interesting, and if you don't agree you can fuck off.

Note: Dawkins was quoting a former editor of New Scientist Magazine, who is as yet unidentified (possibly Jeremy Webb)”
― Richard Dawkins

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
― Stephen King

“As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?”
― Rowan Atkinson

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
― Bruce Lee

“I love walking in the rain because no one can see me crying”
― Rowan Atkinson

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.”
― Victor Stenger

“The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human mammals.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.”
― Woody Allen

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
― Charles Bukowski

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club