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Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Tolerances and complex problems

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One of my favourite quotations gets a regular airing . . .  indeed much more regular than my blog posts have been recently. "For e...
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Saturday, 29 June 2013

Eating well in England

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I ate very well in England, both last night and this lunch time.  However, the words of W Somerset Maugham come to mind: ...
Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Crimes that the church defends

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" I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other.  The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new t...
Monday, 15 April 2013

Now that Cher's alive and well

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The demise of Mrs Thatcher last week has resulted in trending of a new hash tag on Twitter. #nowthatchersdead has caused a small stir amon...
Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Mark Twain on an inconsistent god

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Mark Twain on the properties of a god!
Friday, 30 November 2012

Was Einstein an atheist?

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" From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.... I have repeatedly said that in my opinion ...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Opium of the people?

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How often do we hear a 'quotation' from Karl Marx "Religion is the opium of the people " In actual fact he didn't ...
Monday, 2 July 2012

Marriage Preparation

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Unashamedly stolen from a funny e-mail that I received at least 10 years ago, I couldn't resist sharing this collection. HOW DO Y...
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Friday, 18 May 2012

George Bernard Shaw - on cynicism

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it" Thought for the day!  I will ado...
Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Anti-atheist quotes refuted

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Last year, a friend posted these anti-atheist quotations on her blog (which is now inactive) and I wrote a reply.  Having found it again re...
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Christianity distilled

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This succinct appraisal of the christian faith comes from an article about Atheist Discrimination by Dave Gamble. Atheist evangelists a...
Thursday, 29 December 2011

Wisdom from an economist? Yes really!

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John Maynard Keynes , 1883-1946, was a British economist who overturned the earlier ideas of neoclassical economics and worked to replace th...
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Friday, 23 September 2011

Random but relevant quotations . . .

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What they are relevant to . . . . . . I leave to your imagination. But they are relevant to the general theme of Something Surprising. ...
Sunday, 1 May 2011

Wise words from Sagan!

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A nice lazy afternoon, reading blogging and relaxing!  It gives me chance to find wise words from Carl Sagan: " The suppression of un...

Some Mark Twain

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Time for another lazy post today!  I can't resist some Mark Twain quotations: "The most interesting information comes from childr...
Saturday, 19 March 2011

Probability taken personally

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A rationalist view is that 'luck is just probability taken personally'. Sadly I can't attribute this as the author has remaine...
Friday, 18 March 2011

A couple of quotations

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There have been no anti-religious posts here recently, so these go a little way to make up for that. "The lion may lay down with the ...