The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.
Madalyn Murray O'HairI don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.
Madalyn Murray O'HairI can't pinpoint a period in history or a place in the universe where religion has actually helped the welfare of man.
Madalyn Murray O'HairI'm atheist because religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. I can get around perfectly well on my own two feet, and so can everyone else with a backbone and a grain of common sense.
Madalyn Murray O'HairMale say they're looking for a girl just like the girl who married dear old dad, but what they really want, and usually get, is an empty-headed little chick who's very young and very physical -and very submissive.
Madalyn Murray O'HairIf a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake it, and you can eat it an hour later. We don't promise you a pie in the sky by and by. It's charlatanry to promise people something that no one can be sure will ever be delivered. But it's even worse to offer people a reward, like children, for being good, and to threaten them with punishment if they're not.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair