I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks. Bonecrushing cold. The kind of cold which will wrench the spirit out of a young man, or forge it into steel.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

—Dante Gabriel Rossetti

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

—Woody Allen

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts lead us back to God.

—Francis Bacon

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

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

—Heywood Broun