Genesis

Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will notlast a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor teaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.
-D.H.Lawrence

The Word

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possile gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
-Stephen Henry Roberts

The Gospel

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

In church, sacred music would make belevers of us all, but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.
-Mignon McLaughlin

The Tao of Disbelief

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever...This is a somewhat new kind of religion.
-Albert Einstein

God bless those pagans.
-Homer Simpson

Thanks be to God, I am still an atheist.
-Luis Bunuel

Revelation

When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholc, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion wasn't for me.
-Fidel Castro

The Good Book

Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Isaac Asimov

When I think of all the harm (the Bible) has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
-Oscar Wilde

Apocalyptus

I don't know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God.
-George H.W. Bush

Exodus

Here lies an atheist, All dressed up, And no place to go.
-Epitaph

About the book

This book was conceived and edited by Joan Konner. It is Published by HarperCollins.