Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know.

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.

It is only normal that people count losses with their minds, and ignore to count blessings with the graciousness of their hearts.

I have everything I had twenty years ago only it's all a little bit lower.

There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed . . . And all went to be taxed everyone into his own city.

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

We can either try to change everything or just make the most of whatever time we have.

With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate.

I believe 100% when your heart & mind are in the right place and there is no pretense, great things will come. It's that simple!

A Mother is the heart of the home

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.