Quotes about God
512 quotes from 237 people
Atheism is, I suppose, the supreme example of a simple faith.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Where All Roads Lead (1922)
Winston Churchill1874–1965On his 75th birthday (1947), in reply to a question on whether he was afraid of death, quoted in the N. Y. Times Magazine on November 1, 1964, p. 40 according to Quote It Completely! (1998), Gerhart, WmPerhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God — but to create Him.
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008“The Mind of the Machine” in Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations (1972)
Jean Cocteau1889–1963“Anubis” to the Sphinx, in Act 2 of The Infernal Machine (1932); Collected Works Vol. 5 (1948)Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
CCChapman Cohen1868–1954Pamphlet The Devil, quoted in Gordon Stein An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (Prometheus Books, 1980), p. 258.I know there is an eye that watches all of us. There is a judgment that weighs everything we do.
Leonard Cohen1934–2016Warsaw concert (1985), Introducing “Hallelujah”There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Letter to Colonel Valentine Walton (5 July 1644), following the Battle of Marston Moor.I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938Speech in Toronto (1930); as quoted in “Breaking the Last Taboo” (1996) by James A. Haught
