Harris Quotes

“[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our religious traditions.”
― Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“I’ve often wondered how the term “'New Atheism”' gained such currency. It is a misnomer. There is nothing new about nonbelief. All of us, without exception, are born knowing nothing of God or gods, and acquire notions of religion solely through interaction with others – or, most often, indoctrination by others, an indoctrination usually commencing well before we can reason. Our primal state is, thus, one of nonbelief. The New Atheists (most prominently Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and the late Christopher Hitchens) have, in essence, done nothing more than try to bring us back to our senses, to return us to a pure and innate mental clarity.”
― Jeffrey Tayler

“Commissioner Harris at the far end stared along the mad pathway. This was his first child and it had already become a murderer.”
― Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion

“For a moment they all looked at Dermot incredulously, as if he'd just announced he was going to birth a kangaroo.”
― Charlaine Harris, Deadlocked

“My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith, Harris rails against religious fundamentalism, which seems obvious, as well as against religious moderates, which seems intolerant.”
― Nick Flynn, The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir

“This is your dog?" the Dásachtach asked.
"He was a gift," Harris answered in his distant way.
"Do you not think a dog's behavior reflects its master?"
"I do."
"And do you think this dog reflects you well, boy?"
It was a critique, and Harris did not generally take critique well unless he respected the giver very much, but all he said was, "He will.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Bravely

“You can never rouse Harris. There is no poetry about Harries - no wild yearning for the unattainable. Harris never "weeps, he knows not why" If Harris's eyes fill with tears, you can bet it is because Harris has been eating raw onions, or has put too much Worcester over his chop.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three men in a boat

“People learn many things during their lifetime but understanding yourself so that you live a productive life, is elusive for most.”
― Harris L. Kligman, The Profession

“The world we have created has problems, that can be resolved by rich getting richer, bu by sharing we can. Ron Harris - 2008”
― Dr. Ron Harris

“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”
― Sir Arthur Travers Harris

“Illegal immigration went crazy during the Democrats!”
― Steven Magee