Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott
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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain
He didnt come out of my belly, but my God, Ive made his bones, because Ive attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. Im so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride. – John Lennon
I think it is that parents just dont kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it. – Frank Shorter
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals dont vote. – Paul Harvey
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Maos China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. – Azar Nafisi
