Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

And who isn’t less innocent than they lead us to believe? That’s one of the fundamental truths about human nature.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Christ came to bring healing to those who are spiritually sick-you say that you are perfectly well, so you must go your own way and Christ will go in another direction-towar ds sinners.

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.

In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of.

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Yes, I can! I certainly can! I can have A gratitude-flower-heart That shall remain open At all hours.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.