Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. David Cronenberg bringcinemaculture share on social
When you run a company, you need to be pretty open-minded. There are a lot of different views on faith, on religion, on many different issues, and you can't let your own faith be the barometer. Greg Brenneman barometercompanyfaith Change image and share on social
You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life. Joni Mitchell aggressivefootignorance share on social
I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male. Julia Child benevolentfemalegeneration share on social
The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common cause with the wrong side. Jenkin Lloyd Jones bigotrycathedralcivilization share on social
I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again. Mary Augusta Ward bearbegincharacter share on social
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy. Gore Vidal governmenthardmention Change image and share on social
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium. Frank Sinatra anyplaceaspirecivilization Change image and share on social
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. Karl Marx dealhumanimpotence Change image and share on social
I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government. Jesse Ventura believedirectlyfather Change image and share on social