“I may be intense and off-putting to a few, yet those people won’t belong in my close-knit, supportive group. They won’t show up when it matters.”

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“I won’t put my ignorance on an altar and call it God.”

Robert Charles Wilson book Darwinia

Source: Darwinia (1998), Chapter 15 (p. 136)

“I won’t say it’s impossible, my lord, but I will say that it’s so close to impossible as to be inconceivable.”

Michael Kurland book Ten Little Wizards

Source: Ten Little Wizards (1988), Chapter 16 (p. 159)

“They won’t put up a statue to me. No, no, no. Nobody’s got that sense of humour.”

Robert Muldoon (1921–1992) Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician

Source: From the documentary Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power, 1994
Context: Responding to a journalist while attending the unveiling of a statue of Sir Keith Holyoake.

“It’s silly to think that Presidents are born, because very few people are 35 years old at birth, and those who are won’t admit it.”

Gracie Allen (1902–1964) American actress and comedienne

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 2 : Others make good, why not you?
Context: Presidents are made, not born. That’s a good thing to remember. It’s silly to think that Presidents are born, because very few people are 35 years old at birth, and those who are won’t admit it. So if you’re only 16 don’t be discouraged, because it’s only a phase and there’s nothing wrong with you that you won’t outgrow.

“No matter what, creationists will not admit that anything we ever find can fulfill Darwin’s prediction of transitional intermediates. This is why creationists demand only monstrous absurdities or issue challenges they know still couldn’t be satisfied no matter how true evolution may be; because they know already that whatever they insist on seeing today we may show them tomorrow, and if that happens, they’ll have to make up new excuses for why it still doesn’t count. So they won’t request to see anything evolution actually requires, and they usually won’t define any criteria they would accept either, because they already know they won’t accept anything even if we show them everything they ever ask for.”

Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast

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