Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

In his last days on this earth, he’d wanted to know if this was all there was.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

Louisiana is a place that you escape, not a place that you leave.

It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals.

That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.

I used to consider myself as great as a pyramid, and now I realize that I am only a shadow that passes.

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.

The Alexander Technique transformed my life. it is the result of an acknowledged genius. I would recommend it to anyone.

Water is the true wealth in a dry land.