Margherita Hack quotes

Margherita Hack quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.”
-- Margherita Hack

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“We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven.”
-- Margherita Hack

#Atheist Quotes #Believe Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.”
“I affirm my faith when I'm asked about it. But I always try to do so in a way that communicates absolute respect, not only for people who worship in a different way, but just as much respect for those who do not believe in God and who are atheists.”
“Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve”
“A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.”
“Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.”

Source : Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 17 Apr. 1989
“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”
“Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why.”
“I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.”
“I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.”
“Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.”

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