I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
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Clarence Darrow
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I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure _ that is all that agnosticism means.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President I'm beginning to believe it.
The pursuit of truth will set you free even if you never catch up with it.
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.
Getting married is a good deal like going to a restaurant with your friends. You order what you want and then when you see what the other fellow got you wish you had taken that.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.