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“The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional.”

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Kenneth Tynan, born on April 2, 1927, and died on July 26, 1980, was a British critic, writer, and actor. Known for his profound insights into theater and sharp criticism, Tynan had a significant impact on 20th-century British drama. more

“The Bible is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies. This Bible is built mainly out of fragments of older Bibles that had their day and crumbled to ruin. So it noticeably lacks in originality, necessarily. Its three or four most imposing and impressive events all happened in earlier Bibles; there are only two new things in it: hell, for one, and that singular heaven I have told you about.”

Two Lying Three Heaven Interest Wealth Moral Hell Four Happened Blood Events Thousand Built Noble Clever Ruins Originality New Things Fragments Impressive Fables Imposing Obscenity Good Moral

Author:Mark Twain

“It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when he came down to earth, he became the opposite... sweet, gentle merciful, forgiving. He was a thousand billion times crueler than ever he was in the Old Testament... Meek and gentle? By and by we will examine that popular sarcasm by the light of the hell which he invented.”

Hard Light Earth Heaven Hell Sweet Thousand Opposites Forgiving Billions Gentle Sarcasm Jealous Testament Merciful Old Testament Meek Down To Earth Resentful

Author:Mark Twain

“...Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm. Yet he blandly and in all sincerity calls himself the 'noblest work of God.'”

Men Firsts Lasts Worst Lows Angel Curiosity Grades Sarcasm Sincerity Marvelous Unspeakable Unimaginable Nickels Firsts And Lasts

Book:What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings

Source: What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings

“The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.”

Littles Light Darkness Flames Demon Cosmos Pool Candle Pseudoscience Gutters

Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.”

People Trying Humans Kind Seems Parent Church Prayer Watches Too Much Members Misery Affair Guides Cruelty Plausible Church Members

Author:Benjamin Spock

“An army must inevitably consist of the scum of the people and all those for which society has no use.”

People Use Army Total War Scum

Author:Count of St. Germain

“Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night; it's spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent.”

Doe War Night Let Me Waking Exceed Total War

Author:William Shakespeare

“What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one.”

Men Made White Broken White Man Treaties

Author:Sitting Bull

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