We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
If you are on some sort of medication and are not taking your pills for some reason....thinking...
Thanks for the tip. I've nixed some false quotations in the past, and am happy to remove any...
Ben Franklin never said that...another of the many fake quotes circulating on the internet....
Thank you for the comments. Yes, the passivity and respect you mention are part of the special...
Indeed. It cracks me up when an Abrahamic fundamentalist calls atheists amoral, nihilistic, and...