“People who start a sentence with personally (and they’re always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It’s a repulsive habit.” ― Georgette Heyer

“Though the historical accounts in the Old Testament are fictitious (or at best artistic reconstructions, like Shakespeare’s historical dramas), they offer a window into the lives and values of Near Eastern civilizations in the mid-1st millennium BCE. Whether or not the Israelites actually engaged in genocide, they certainly thought it was a good idea. The … More Quote of the Day

“It is not easy to write clearly, especially on philosophical topics, and it is risky. Clear writers stand naked before their critics, with all their argumentative blemishes visible; but they are braver, more honest and more respectful of the true aims of intellectual enquiry than ones who shroud themselves in obscurity.”—Keith Frankish https://aeon.co/opinions/is-great-philosophy-by-its-nature-difficult-and-obscure?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=800d535b02-Daily_Friday_December_25_201512_23_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-800d535b02-68749541

“Roses are reddish/ Violets are bluish/ If it weren’t for Christmas/ We’d all be Jewish.”–Benny Hill  

“Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion… perhaps around their necks? And maybe — dare I dream it? — maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, … More Quote of the Day

“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred … More Quote of the Day

“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.” ― Virginia Woolf

“I have never killed a man , but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” ― Steven Pinker

“How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some “gullibility center” in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation to lower your gullibility, otherwise leaving you alone? If you believe this, you are pretty gullible, and should perhaps consider such an operation.” ― Douglas R. Hofstadter

“I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great, spectacularly prolific writer and scientist, Dr. Isaac Asimov in that essentially functionless capacity. At an A.H.A. memorial service for my predecessor I said, “Isaac is up in Heaven now.” That was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of … More Quote of the Day