Chaz Bufe quotes

“Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.”
-- Chaz Bufe

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“Atheist n. A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others.”
-- Chaz Bufe

Source : Chaz Bufe (2016). “American Heretic's Dictionary”, p.29, See Sharp Press

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“PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's 'country'; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate and kill; 3) A feeling of exultation experienced when contemplating heaps of charred 'enemy' corpses; 4) The first, last, and perennial refuge of scoundrels.”
-- Chaz Bufe

Source : Chaz Bufe (2014). “Provocations: Don't Call Them Libertarians, AA Lies, and Other Incitements”, p.168, See Sharp Press

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“A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.”
-- Chaz Bufe

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“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.”

“You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.”

“To multitudes of sufferers on beds of pain and languishing, Jesus has been the great physician to-day; in many a weeping circle around precious dust, He has been the Divine comforter, and the tears have almost ceased to flow as this Jesus has touched the bier. Dying lips have whispered His name, and the valley of the shadow has been illumined as with the glory from the celestial shores.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.

“We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to speak up, insofar as we can, for those who cannot do so.”

“I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.”

“Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.”

Source : "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 59, No. 236, p. 450, 1950.

“The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding cliches.”

“Real literature, like travel, is always a surprise.”

“the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.”