Sam Harris. He’s not a ranter like Hitchens or Dawkins. It’s a struggle for me not get frustrated or angry with the nonsense of the theists, so I appreciate Harris’s calm, matter-of-fact way of engaging with them. I would like to emulate his demeanor, though since I’m already 69 years old, the horse may have already left the barn on that aspiration.

Fidel Castro: It should be an athiest who cares about humanity, not just athiesm: [counterpunch.org] "Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter"

Karl Marx: It should be an athiest who cares about humanity, not just athiesm: [amazon.com] "Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter"

Bruce Lee

Satan,,, Hehehe,,, just kidding, Darwin!

William Rowe: former heard of the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. He introduced the notion of "friendly atheism," which is the view that even though there is no God some people may nevertheless be justified in believing that there is.

Billy Joel. Genius songwriter and performer. The example I use when believers say my lack of success is because I turned away from god. "Oh yeah, then how do you explain Billy Joel's success?" Wouldn't a god just take away his talent for not giving him proper praise? I've just had more than my share of bad luck, but I'm Still Trying!

Dan Dennett