An idol is anything put in the place of God as the ultimate reality - the eternal, self-existent, uncaused cause of everything else.

All of science is largely formalized common sense.

Darwinism has become our culture's official creation myth, protected by a priesthood as dogmatic as any religious curia.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world.

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.

Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

Schools ought to teach students to challenge secular ideologies masquerading as science in the classroom.

America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.

I discovered that Christianity does have the resources to meet the challenges posed by competing worldviews after all.

For many women today, on a personal level, the problem is not male dominance so much as male desertion.

She was my friend because she was kind and funny but she had a face like two oysters fused together in a Star Trek matter transporter accident.

I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.

Humility is always proof of intelligence

There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on your story and/or talent.

You gotta love everything you do. You just gotta do it.

If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.

On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.