All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
#quotes #robert-green-ingersoll #books #religion

Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
#quotes #warren-farrell #relationship #alcohol

If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanses-proverbs #reading #conformity

As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
#quotes #robert-jarvik #medicine

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
#quotes #russell-m-nelson #love #caring

The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #mystery #human

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
#quotes #albert-schweitzer #nature #environment

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
#quotes #robert-harris #children #happiness

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #kindness

If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
#quotes #simon-sinek #caring

We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
#quotes #thomas-friedman #caring #community

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
#quotes #john-clayton #christianity #holiday #positivity

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
#quotes #milton-friedman #taxation

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
#quotes #jean-bertrand-aristide #human #caring #repression

My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
#quotes #kelly-wearstler #eating

Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
#quotes #ze-frank #caring

Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
#proverbs #turkish-proverbs #love #caring

The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
#quotes #david-swing #literature

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
#love #cute

A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
#quotes #natalie-clifford-barney #heart #scholars

Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
#quotes #max-muller #life #progress

I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
#quotes #lady-randolph-churchill #women #beauty

In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
#quotes #david-knopfler #work #honesty