Words & reflection

Atheist thinkers: selected words

Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.
Samuel ClemensAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It’s an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death.
Gloria SteinemAttributed in the original GADEL collection
All thinking men are atheists.
Ernest HemingwayAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Faith means not wanting to know what is true.
Friedrich NietzscheAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Edward GibbonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd WrightAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source

Original title: Top 10 Quotes By Famous Atheists

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Only short selections are republished here. The archived original may include longer passages and unverified attributions.

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