James Reyes > James's Quotes

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
― Samuel Johnson

“Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare”
― Hugh Heffner

“Homo sum et humani nihil a me alienum puto.”
― Terence

“Nunc est bibendum!”
― Horace

“Education safeguards liberty better than a standing army.”
― Edward Everett

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.”
― Émile Zola

“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.”
― Richard Pryor