#eli

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#against #better #corruption #country #deliver

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute. ↗

— Terence Rattigan

#dares #few #his #lose #may

I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#end #end of the day #feeling #hard #i

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves. ↗

— Herbert Read

#being #believed #care #could #human

Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#asking #first #first time #had #i

When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population. ↗

— Harry Reasoner

#definitely #impeached #may #need #new

Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature. ↗

— Emmett F. Fields

#misattributed-to-carl-sagan #religion #attitude

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings. ↗

— Vanessa Redgrave

#lets #people #processes #real #real people

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. ↗

— Beatrix Potter

#almost #behave #believe #causes #endless

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life