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The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods, each more eminently requiring an intelligent author of his being than the foregoing, is a direct consequence of the premises, which you have stated.

The great cultural project... may very well be to rescue what we have of the art and aesthetic of religion while discarding the supernatural.

For a fuller account of the revelations of the Moscow archives, and their detailed vindication of Orwell, see my Introduction to Orwell in Spain (Penguin, 2001).

the findings of science are far more awe-inspiring than the rantings of the godly.

One ought not to quarrel with the aim of impartiality. It is just that, as an objective, it is harder to attain than its advocates imagine.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

He would appear never to have diluted his opinions in the hope of seeing his byline disseminated to the paying customers; this alone is a clue to why he still matters.

In my own not-all-that-humble opinion, duping the hicks is a degree or two worse than condescending to them.

Religion poisons everything. As well as a menace to civilization, it has become a threat to human survival.

The Bible commands us to love our enemies. I love the Pope very much.

And even if my voice dies before I do, I shall continue to write polemics against religious delusions, at least until it's hello darkness my old friend.

I hadn't even the necessary credentials for schoolmastering - that last refuge of the unsuccessful literary man

Everything in the room is like that: unnecessarily solid, abnormally heavy and dangerously sharp.

I do and always shall maintain that it is the privilege of the richer but less mentally endowed members of the community to contribute to the upkeep of people like myself.

George feels flattered and excited...He can't resist slipping into the role Kenny so temptingly offers him.

The Ten Commandments can be seen as given in order to preserve the rights and freedoms gained by the exodus, by translating them into responsibilities.

It appears that the prostitute, not the salesman, best exemplifies the qualities indispensable to success in American society.

That holy shape becomes a devil best.

Things senseless live by art, and rational die By rude contempt of art and industry.

I can't believe Joe Koch is complaining about the Goodreads Quote system

The general welcomes Tamburlaine receiv'd,      When he arrived last upon the 1 stage,      Have made our poet pen his Second Part,      Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp,      And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs 2 down.      But what became of fair

He was a writer and words were his weapons.

I know that even now, having watched enough television, you probably won't even refer to them as lepers so as to spare their feelings. You probably call them 'parts-dropping-off challenged' or something.

And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito.