A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Laughing is the best calorie burner.

America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.

But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.

The product has to work. It has to be a good product. An enormous number of them are all hype with no value at all. People get into them because they want to make a lot of quick, easy money.

The family I grew up in had three generations of widows.

You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.

It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.

Never apologize for your cooking.

I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant.

If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.