Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. – Francis Bacon
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. – Francis Bacon

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. – Francis Bacon
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. – Francis Bacon
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon
Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism. – Isaac Asimov
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. – James McGreevey