Regnant Quotes

#1. The argument about ethics and morality will have to go on in a post-religious society, just as it had to go on when religion was regnant and was often ordering good people to agree to evil things such as torture, slavery, or cruelty to children.

Christopher Hitchens

#2. The bed is just a decoration in a busy man's bedroom.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#3. For there are strong grounds for thinking that, in the evolution of thought, magic has preceded religion .

James G. Frazer

#4. It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

Frank B. Kellogg

#5. If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. It is just that narrative can be lethal when used in the wrong places.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#7. The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

Sebastian Faulks

#8. There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share.

Stanley Schmidt

#9. The world is wonderful. It is beautiful when you are in a correct level of attention.

Frederick Lenz

#10. It is important to remember that a thought is harmless unless we believe them and act on them. As the subject, since thoughts are an object of your awareness, you have the power to challenge every thought. You can decide if you want to make that thought real.

Elizabeth Thornton

#11. Society is completely unreasonable. People want everything and want to pay for nothing. They panic if they think about their taxes being raised, but if their garbage collection is a day late they scream and yell.

Michael Schur

#12. It was just my point that I saw altogether too much of the people we knew. My

Willa Cather