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Quote by Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet

“Like having your own licence to print money.”

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Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, was a prominent figure in the British broadcasting industry. Born on June 5, 1894, in Scotland, he passed away on August 4, 1976. He founded multiple broadcasting companies, significantly influencing the development of the broadcasting industry in the UK. more

“The Bible contains legendary, historical, and ethical contents. It is quite possible to consider them separately, and one doesn't have to accept the legends in order to get the ethics. Fundamentalists make a grave mistake to insist on the letter of the writings, because they drive away many who can't swallow the Adam-and-Eve bit.”

Writing Religion Order Bits Mistake Accepting Ethics Letters Historical Graves Ethical Legends Adam Legendary Adam And Eve

Book:Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters

Source: Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters

“Because they know not the forces of nature, and in order that they may have comrades in their ignorance, they suffer not that others should search out anything, and would have us believe like rustics and ask no reason... But we ask in all things a reason must be sought.”

Knows Should Believe May Reason Religion Suffering Order Asks Force Ignorance All Things No Reason Comrade Forces Of Nature

Author:William of Conches

“We have fossils... We win!”

Religion Winning Fossils

Author:Lewis Black

“Historically the belief in heaven and the belief in utopia are like compensatory buckets in a well: when one goes down the other comes up. When the classic religions decayed, communistic agitation rose in Athens (430 B.C.), and revolution began in Rome (133 B.C.); when these movements failed, resurrection faiths succeeded, culminating in Christianity; when, in our eighteenth century, Christian belief weakened, communism reappeared. In this perspective the future of religion is secure.”