Atheism Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
... Atheism see also Belief There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. Advertising slogan advertisement on London buses (2008), supported by Richard Dawkins There's probably no God stop worrying and enjoy your life An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. John Buchan 1875 – 1940 Scottish novelist H. E. Fosdick On Being a Real Person (1943) ch. 10 atheist is a man no invisible means of support no invisible means of support Thanks to God, I am still an atheist. Luis Buñuel 1900 – 83 Spanish film ...
Richard Bentley (1662–1742) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
...Particles, which now constitute Heaven and Earth, being once separate and diffused in the Mundane Space, like the supposed Chaos , could never without a God by their Mechanical affections have convened into this present Frame of Things or any other like it. A Confutation of Atheism from the Origin and Frame of the World (1693), Part II, 7 atoms or Particles chaos : like the supposed ...
George Santayana (1863–1952) Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2 ed.)
...George Santayana 1863 – 1952 The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. Dialogues in Limbo , 1925 What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values. Interpretations of Poetry and Religion , 1900 My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe, and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. On My Friendly Critics , in Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies , 1922 Beauty as we feel it is something...
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...‘Of Atheism’ fables in the legend fables in the legend universal frame universal frame without a mind A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Essays (1625) ‘Of Atheism’ philosophy inclineth man's mind inclineth man's mind to atheism men's minds to religion They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. Essays (1625) ‘Of Atheism’ deny a...
Edmund Burke (1729–97) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...to do. On Conciliation with America (1775) lawyer tells me I may humanity , reason reason , and justice reason, and justice Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition. On Conciliation with America (1775) freedom and not servitude Freedom and not servitude religion , and not atheism Every human benefit, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise. On Conciliation with America (1775) Every human benefit every prudent act founded on compromise Instead of a...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...(1834) with toil of breath toil of breath Found death in life find life in death Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, Drops his blue-fringèd lids, and holds them close, And hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, Cries out, ‘Where is it?’ ‘Fears in Solitude’ (1798) owlet Atheism owlet atheism Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon Drops his blue-fringèd lids hooting at the glorious sun hooting at the glorious sun The frost performs its secret...
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
...depth in Philosophy, bringeth Mens Mindes about to Religion . ‘Of Atheisme’ (1625) in James Spedding, Robert Ellis and Douglas Heath (eds.), The Works of Francis Bacon (1887–1901), Vol. 6 , 413 God never wrought Miriacle philosophy inclineth Mans Minde atheism : inclineth Mans Minde to atheism Time is the greatest innovator. ‘Of Innovations’ (1625) in James Spedding, Robert Ellis and Douglas Heath (eds.), The Works of Francis Bacon (1887–1901), Vol. 6 , 433 time is the great innovator Time is the great innovator Nature is often hidden, sometimes...
Edmund Burke (1729–97) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (4 ed.)
...is not, what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tells me I ought to do. On Conciliation with America (1775) lawyer tells me I may reason , and justice reason, and justice Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition. On Conciliation with America (1775) freedom and not servitude cure of anarchy Instead of a standing revenue, you will have therefore a perpetual quarrel. On Conciliation with America (1775) standing revenue perpetual quarrel Parties...
Anonymous Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2 ed.)
...Wings on My Feet [1929] If I die in Arkansas, Jes' ship my body to my mother-in-law. folk song I've never seen nothin; I don't know nothin; I haint got nothin; and I don't want nothin! Arkansas saying, c. 1930s If you don't like the blues, you've got a hole in your soul. saying Atheism is a non-prophet religion. The line often is attributed in collections of jokes on the Internet to comedian George Carlin, but on his own website he denies responsibility for it saying and bumper sticker, from c. 2000 Lost is our old simplicity of times, The world abounds with...
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. Essays (1625) ‘Of Atheism’ fables in the legend universal frame frame is without a mind A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Essays (1625) ‘Of Atheism’ philosophy inclineth man's mind inclineth man's mind to atheism men's minds to religion Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Essays (1625) ‘Of Beauty’ virtue is like a rich stone Virtue is like a...
Children Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (5 ed.)
...could be taught to retrieve. P. J. O'Rourke 1947 – American humorous writer : The Bachelor Home Companion (1987) bachelors love dogs bachelors love dogs taught to retrieve Every luxury was lavished on you—atheism, breast-feeding, circumcision. Joe Orton 1933 – 67 English dramatist : Loot (1967) luxury was lavished atheism , breast-feeding breast-feeding, circumcision Parents—especially step-parents—are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years. Anthony Powell 1905 – 2000 ...
Belief Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...Belief see also Atheism , Doubt , Faith Of course, Behaviourism ‘works’. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. W. H. Auden 1907 – 73 English poet A Certain World (1970) For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626 English lawyer , courtier , philosopher , and essayist Novum Organum (1620) bk. 1, Aphorism 49 (tr. J. Spedding);see ...
Religion Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (5 ed.)
...to enjoy it thoroughly. Roy Campbell 1901 – 57 South African poet : Cressida Connolly The Rare and the Beautiful (2004) one excuse for being pagan pagan is to enjoy it thoroughly Atheism is a non-prophet organization. George Carlin 1937 – 2008 American comedian : attributed, re-working an old saying atheism is a non-prophet organization Atheism is a non- prophet organization Blessed are the cheesemakers. a misheard beatitude Graham Chapman 1941 – 89 , John Cleese 1939 – , and others British comedians : Monty Python's Life...
God Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...God see also Atheism , Belief , Bible , Christianity , Religion The nature of God is a circle of which the centre is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. Anonymous said to have been traced to a lost treatise of Empedocles; quoted in the Roman de la Rose , and by St Bonaventura (1221–74) in Itinerarius Mentis in Deum ch. 5, closing line God is a circle God is a circle centre is everywhere circumference is nowhere God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air-conditioning. Imamu Amiri Baraka 1934 –...
