Bill Maher – “We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.”

Bill Maher – “Let’s face it God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him”

Bill Maher – “We survived the 1980’s. Back then, the economic program was called trickle down. That actually meant they were pissing on you.”

Bill Maher – “Why are there so many puritans in this country, and why cant the rest of us make them go away”

Bill Maher – “What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.”

Bill Maher – “When they talk about values, they are talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.”

Bill Maher – “Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don’t need.”

Bill Maher – “A lot of good has come from drugs. I think ‘Penny Lane’ is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn’t even be born if it weren’t for that album, so it evens out.”

Bill Maher – “I said I didn’t respect religion . . . and anyone who believes in fairy tales to answer questions that we can’t answer. . . . So I don’t respect our religions either.”

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Bill Maher – “Abstinence is a perversion.”