Everything everyone thinks they know about [Mother Teresa] is false. It must be the single most successful emotional con job of the twentieth century.

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.

No matter what the delusions are, parents do not really know their children

Not to decide is to decide.

Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone that I may take comfort a little Before I go to the place from which I shall not return.

Whatever you say about something, it is not.

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

All cats are gray in the dark.

We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.

People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs ahead of my own.