Ümid Araman > Ümid's Quotes

“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”
― Richard Dawkins

“A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a 'child of Muslim parents' will immediately realize that religion is something for her to choose -or reject- when she becomes old enough to do so.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

“There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality”
― Richard Dawkins

“The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.”
― Richard Dawkins

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.”
― Woody Allen

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“To you, I'm an atheist.
To God, I'm the loyal opposition.”
― Woody Allen

“Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
― Dan Brown, Digital Fortress

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

“عجیب ترین خوی آدمی این است که می داند فعلی بد و آسیب رسان است، اما آن را انجام می دهد به کرات هم. هر آدمی، دانسته و ندانسته، به نوعی در لجاجت و تعارض با خود به سر می برد، و هیچ دیگری ویرانگرتر از خود آدمی نسبت به خودش نیست.”
― محمود دولت آبادی / Mahmoud Dolat Abadi, سُلوک

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

“عادت بدترین بیماریه. کاری می کنه که آدم به هر بدبختی و هر دردی سر خم کنه و بتونه کنار آدمای نفرت انگیز دووم بیاره”
― Oriana Fallaci, A Man

“You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
― Charlie "Tremendous" Jones

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
― Maya Angelou

“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
― Maya Angelou

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
― Frank Zappa

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison