The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church.
Category: Non-Flerf Quotes
Quotes that are either pertinent or funny. Or both.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens’s razor.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence
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Scott Adams
Dilbert: You joined the “Flat Earth Society?”
Dogbert: I believe the earth must be flat. There is no good evidence to support the so-called “round earth theory.”
Dilbert: I think Christopher Columbus would disagree.
Dogbert: How convenient that your best witness is dead.
Scott Adams, cartoonist and author, 1957 – 2026.
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Sean Lock on Scientists
What is a scientist? Just someone who thinks about stuff, then chooses to back up their thoughts with evidence and facts. Only difference between me and a scientist? I don’t feel the need. I’m not so insecure I need to back up what I say; I just say it. Naaah!
Sean Lock, comedian, 1963 – 2021.