121 Quotes by Greg Graffin

For me, the existence of nonexistence of God is a nonissue.

By demonstrating in our laws and policies that nature is a process, not a thing to be exploited, we will say to future generations that we have learned something from the study of natural science and that we care about something greater than our own selfish needs. And then we will be remembered by later generations for our wisdom rather than our rapacity.

The past is dead, let's focus on tomorrow instead.

Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary history.

Evolution does not tend toward perfection. It depends as much--if not more--on cooperation and random chance as on competition. Evolution does not have a direction. It is anarchic, yet out of this anarchy have come biological entities of great sophistication and beauty.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that follow a religious narrative. We don't burn witches anymore. Most people would consider that barbaric. We don't sacrifice human beings, which was a religious act practiced by numerous cultures on this planet.

In the 1970s, we had Carl Sagan, and he was so suave with his turtleneck and his tweed jacket. And he was, you know, he made science look cool. And in punk rock, we haven't had that. We haven't had the Carl Sagan of punk.

Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every crevasse of youth culture. When you hear grunge, you think of the '90s, but when you hear L.A. punk, it's timeless.