Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.

Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers!

In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners.

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces.

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.

Perhaps grown women are beings of a good deal more complexity than cats

I threw my hands on my hips, shocked by the irony. A Mather helping a Greensmith? Hell was freezing over somewhere beneath our feet and every kind of farm animal was sprouting wings to fly.

Naïve, and very very dangerous. If she only knew what treacherous waters she has just stepped into.

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. [...] A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.

A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

You can't learn anything new, until you are open enough to forget everything you think you know

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.