I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

Don't let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you're meant to be today.

There are those whose love awakens our own and those whose love undermines. As long as we are blind to this fact, true love will elude us.

I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.

You should never protest outside a rich guy's home during the day because he's not there. He's at work grinding the faces of the poor.

To the man who can perfectly practice inaction, all things are possible.

I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

People love to hear the mistakes you've made.

I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.