#sai

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all? ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#anything #demonstrably #ever #makes #obvious

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.' ↗

— Elizabeth Vargas

#contract #every #going #here #i

I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#comes #darwinian #exist #explaining #i

And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... God makes people. You understand that, don't you?' And I said, 'Yeah!' She said, 'Who makes a rainbow?" I said, 'God.' She said, 'I never presumed to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children.' ↗

— Richard Dawson

#anyone #asked #children #color #could

Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#dismissed #easily #i #me #saint

It is said that a neo-conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#liberal #mugged #reality #said #who

What, if as said, man is a bubble. ↗

— Marcus Terentius Varro

#man #said

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#base #discretion #fleet #glory #headed

I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#big #follow #go #how #i

So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' ↗

— Tim Vine

#firm #house #i #local #outside