#tru

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#belief #institutions #into #passage #power

The truth is, however rich people get, they hate paying tax. Some live abroad for a year, or years at a time just to avoid it. Bizarre really - desperate economic migrants are driven to leave their homeland because of poverty; tax exiles are driven overseas by their wealth. ↗

— Clint Black

#avoid #because #bizarre #desperate #driven

I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music. ↗

— Frank Black

#been #believer #convinced #creep #easily

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers. ↗

— Doris Day

#animal #beasts #fact #lovers #men

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do. ↗

— Hugo Black

#founders #government #hoped #led #newspapers

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious. ↗

— Hugo Black

#made #protect #suspicious #trusting #well

I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true. ↗

— Robin Day

#against #asked #celebrities #course #entertaining

If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#course #education #elementary #exist #grades

I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#creative #final #guides #i #i think

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!' ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#driven #get #go #i #me