"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
- Douglas Adams

Source: Adams, Douglas. Quoted in The Quotations Page. Available Online from URL http://quotationspage.com/quotes/Douglas_Adams/ [Downloaded 2009-09-28]

I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Seoul Mates, 1991

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)