“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Source: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 67
His aversion for his father’s factories about which he was terrified. He was guided in all things by his mother. His senses were simulated by the floral, ornamental opulence of her world. P.11
Christian Dior: The Man who Made the World Look New
Sail 25 (p. 75)
Short fiction, Future Tense (1964)
““Evil” is first and foremost a religious notion. It means whatever a religion dislikes.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 9, “Evil” (p. 33)
Comment about his own political ideology. From a Question and Answer interview on BBC New Online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/269876.stm. (February 1, 1999) Url accessed on December 12, 2008.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Context: Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example.
Possibly because of this, I have never disliked religion. I think it has some purpose in our evolution.
I don't have much truck with the "religion is the cause of most of our wars" school of thought because that is manifestly done by mad, manipulative and power-hungry men who cloak their ambition in God.
I number believers of all sorts among my friends. Some of them are praying for me. I'm happy they wish to do this, I really am, but I think science may be a better bet.
"The Trend of Economic Thinking", lecture delivered at LSE on March 1, 1933, published in Economica (May 1933)
1920s–1930s
“That was intense. REALLY intense. Well, not really intense. But pretty intense.”
Jackass 2
