I don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we should work for now - here on earth - for all men together to enjoy.

There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms eat you.

The fear of hell is the basis for the Christian faith.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

... religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches.

You hate me because I am the embodiment of all your doubts.

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an anarchist, and a feminist, and an integrationist.

An independent is a guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

...Right now there's a pair of bad cops on their way out here to shoot me." "You don't know that." "Yeah, you're right," Stranahan said. "They're probably just collecting Toys for Tots. Now go.

Genuine listening ability is one of the few true forms of competitive advantage.

Hey, if you decided to tear up the town, you can always use the leftover bread from my breakfast in place of your cane. I'm pretty sure it's hard enough to bust heads.

This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer.

When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.

I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere.