#so

It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#christianity #jerry-falwell #jesse-jackson #pluralism #religion

If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me. ↗

— Patricia Velasquez

#even #get #i #me #need

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#care #course #god #intellect #make

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#creative mind #life #mind #monotony #quiet

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#constitutionally #defined #federal #government #however

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#blogs #care #haven #i #interesting

In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#controlled #deal #equipment #experiments #failures

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#atomic #atomic energy #created #energy #existing

If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face. ↗

— Michael Eisner

#become #business #characters #face #fuzzy

I write plays, and I have a musical that's starting to get produced now. That's what I would love to do, but it's so hard. The only reason people are reading my plays and musicals is because I'm in movies. ↗

— Jesse Eisenberg

#get #hard #i #i write #love