Thadeu de Melo

“The god of Moses would brusquely call for other tribes, including his favorite one, to suffer massacre and plague and even extirpation, but when the grave closed over his victims he was essentially finished with them unless he remembered to curse their succeeding progeny. Not until the advent of the Prince of Peace do we hear of the ghastly idea of further punishing and torturing the dead. First presaged by the rantings of John the Baptist, the son of god is revealed as one who, if his milder words are not accepted straightaway, will condemn the inattentive to everlasting fire.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“Some theists will use this line of defense when questioned about their beliefs: “Person X is very intelligent, and he believes in God. Who am I to say he’s wrong?”
― Armin Navabi, Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God

“Customers are always unsatisfied,” Bezos said in an April 2018 interview. “They’re always discontent, they always want more. No matter how far you get out there in front of your competitors, you’re still behind your customers. They’re always pulling you along.”
― Alex Kantrowitz, Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever

“The black vomit is not really black; it is a speckled liquid of two colors, black and red, a stew of tarry granules mixed with fresh red arterial blood. It is hemorrhage, and it smells like a slaughterhouse. The black vomit is loaded with virus. It is highly infective, lethally hot, a liquid that would scare the daylights out of a military biohazard specialist. The”
― Richard Preston, The Hot Zone