Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.

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The wages of sin are unreported.

L. Frank Baum [author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] had a weak heart and was not allowed to smoke, but he often held an unlit cigar in his mouth. Once, when standing on a lake shore, he was asked whether he ever actually lit the cigar. "I only light up when I go swimming," replied Baum.

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Antonym, n.: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.

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My Karma ran over your dogma.

Q: Should we avoid eating meat, since it entails killing?

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More quotations tagged with “religion”

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

—Vincent Van Gogh

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I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

—Charles Lamb

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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?

—Quentin Crisp

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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself, and never mind the rest.

—Beatrix Potter

Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.

—Charles Caleb Colton

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