Quotes by people born this date.
Patrick Somerville (1979)
“And I think because I grew up without any religion I am particularly obsessed with good and evil. Not somehow ‘figuring it out,’ but at least knowing it when I see it. I hate the idea of living my whole life and then dying and not having done a good job recognizing and celebrating what’s good.”
—Somerville, The Sunday Rumpus Interview (June 10, 2012)
Joseph Fletcher (1905)
“[W]ith an absolute God, his word revealed and his will eternal, how could relativity in ethics get anywhere with them?”
—Fletcher explaining the outraged response from Christians, Muslims and Jews to his idea of situational ethics, "Memoir of an Ex-Radical" (1993)
Richard Jeni (1957)
"When one guy sees an invisible man he's a nut case. Ten people see him it's a cult. Ten million people see him it's a respected religion."
—Richard Jeni, personal website
Rod Steiger (1925)
"That's all religion is — some principle you believe in. ... Man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What a tragedy it is to invent a God and then suffer to keep him King."
—Steiger, Playboy magazine interview (July 1969)
Freedom From Religion Foundation.
“And I think because I grew up without any religion I am particularly obsessed with good and evil. Not somehow ‘figuring it out,’ but at least knowing it when I see it. I hate the idea of living my whole life and then dying and not having done a good job recognizing and celebrating what’s good.”
—Somerville, The Sunday Rumpus Interview (June 10, 2012)
Joseph Fletcher (1905)
“[W]ith an absolute God, his word revealed and his will eternal, how could relativity in ethics get anywhere with them?”
—Fletcher explaining the outraged response from Christians, Muslims and Jews to his idea of situational ethics, "Memoir of an Ex-Radical" (1993)
Richard Jeni (1957)
"When one guy sees an invisible man he's a nut case. Ten people see him it's a cult. Ten million people see him it's a respected religion."
—Richard Jeni, personal website
Rod Steiger (1925)
"That's all religion is — some principle you believe in. ... Man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What a tragedy it is to invent a God and then suffer to keep him King."
—Steiger, Playboy magazine interview (July 1969)
Freedom From Religion Foundation.
