What's your favorite quote against religion?
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh-- Voltaire Question everything, even the existence of God. For if there be one, surely He would pay homage to reason rather than that of blind-folded fear-- Thomas Jefferson
Did God, in creating man, overestimate his ability?
*spots this question from the top of a tower; spreads his cape to glide down to answer the question* A very nice way of getting peoples' insight on an immortal quote of Oscar Wilde's, I must say. I think when Oscar Wilde stated the above sentence, he wasn't trying to raise questions about God's ability as some of the answerers have suggested. He was just using his neat sense of humour to get a thought off his chest; the thought being about the ungrateful nature of mankind. When God created mankind in his own image, he thought of a peace-loving, emotional, intelligent and a superior being. But, as it turned out, human beings were not that peace-loving, sentimental and tolerant. Humans started ruining nature, killing animals and waging wars instead! The Oscar Wilde quote is an example of dark humour where he by questioning God's ability, expresses his disappointment from the human race's actions. The comment although appears to be aimed towards God is actually a humble call from a disgruntled Oscar Wilde for humans to introspect their own selves. Thanks for the opportunity. Sincerely, Batman
Why do you think God loves us?
Maybe because he created us sick and is hoping we get well. God in creating man somehow overestimated his ability. - Oscar Wilde.
What are some of the wittiest quotations?
George Carlin, the stand-up comic came up with some brilliant one-liners. He was pretty famous for mocking religion and establishment and boy ! was he good at it. Here are some gems,Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than thatThe very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.You can prick your finger — just don’t finger your prick.Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?Catholic — which I was until I reached the age of reason.In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.The planet is fine. The people are fucked.And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National Institute of Pancakes: It reads, and I quote, “Fuck waffles.”The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.Life is a zero sum game.Source: 101 Greatest George Carlin Quotes
Was Muhammed Ali overrated like Larry Holmes said?
ok first of im a x boxer him over rated no big mouth yes frazier taking a to the grave yes he was hurt and is heart ali cant fix it Ali was great but a greater mouth what he said and did hurt his greatness toughguy on what he did is true larry would not last if he met ali in the 60s or before frazier one but is mouth in my and the older peoples eyes they wanted the one person to shut it ken did but if he kept his mouth shut he would be the greatest no one could match is speed but joe jack rocky would beat him on power no one i mean no one could beat him in the 60s but he started again in the 70s and yes the ones i said would beat him but joe is in the class that did beat him so he is not the greatest just in speed that is it so sorry that is me and horniest
Anyone can explain the meaning of this quote?
Oscar Wilde was the Frankie Boyle of his day. He used sarcasm in a lot of his work, but was clever enough to deliver each line with enough character to get away with the comments from people less intelligent who didn't always understand they were being insulted The first quote simply means, kids think they know it all, we know they don't. God overestimating his work was Wilde pointing out that in his opinion while we say we are the most intelligent life form, perhaps god ought to have done a second draft the third one is simply Oscar suggesting that his work was perfect, and that when rewriting anything, he had very little to do to change it for the better. hence, I added a comma, then I took it out again