With modern American dentistry it is simply amazing to see what transformation can be wrought in a single day.

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.

The only bad kimchi is no kimchi.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.

Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder if Meryl Streep is ever like, 'Oh gosh, everyone thinks I'm so perfect! I wish that someone would give me a note.'"

Some people have constipation of the brain but their mouth has the runs.

I am the flesh boat of my experiences, we all are , my feelings, thoughts, desires and dreams are captured in my body's pliant cells, fastened onto my DNA.

Disloyalty is the secret weapon of the Tory Party.

Love must be learned again and again... Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.