Madalyn Murray O'Hair Quotes

The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job to turn his culture from religion, to eliminate those irrational ideas which have held the human race in intellectual slavery.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

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• What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.

  

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• I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

  

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• I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.

  

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• The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

  

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• The latest technology is not always good for anything except to the producers of the technology.

  

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• Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.

  

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• Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.

  

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• Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.

  

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• There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.

  

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• The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job to turn his culture from religion, to eliminate those irrational ideas which have held the human race in intellectual slavery.

  

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Job
  • Culture
  • Opinion