“For me, religion is serious business - a farrago of authoritarian nonsense, misogyny and humble pie, the eternal enemy of human happiness and freedom.” HumansEnemySeriousEternalHumbleNonsensePieMisogynyHuman HappinessSerious BusinessHumble Pie Book:Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture Source: Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture
“The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.” HeardSeriousNonsenseParody Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious nonsense which passes for the serious business of the world would dissolve in laughter. We should see at once that the high ideals for which we are killing and regimenting each other are empty and abstract substiutes for the unheeded miracles that surround us - not only in the obvious wonders of nature but also in the overwhelming uncanny fact of mere existence.” IfsWorldShouldBelieveStatesFactsI BelieveInterestExistenceConsciousnessWonderSeriousLaughterIdealsEmptyUniversalMiracleMereKillingObviousMissionsAbstractNonsenseSurroundOverwhelmingPretentiousStates Of ConsciousnessUncannySerious BusinessWonder Of Nature Author:Alan Watts
“We see a missile here, a bomb there - looks good on CNN. This is nonsense. This is not a strategy of a serious commander in chief.” LooksSeriousStrategyChiefsBombsNonsenseCommandersMissilesCnnCommander In Chief Author:Ted Cruz