Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.

Worship God. It’s easier than thinking.

Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.

ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear-cut issues and unambiguous speech.

Spend one more day in pursuit of art that only you can produce, and somewhere, someone is envying your courage to do just that.

You always do this to people?""Do what?""Get them to empty their guts out just like that.""We do not have much time. We should only talk about what is important.

The pursuit of dreams is the purity of divinity.

I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don't want to construct the show to prove something.

I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The Good Wife.' I just can't tell whether I should like you or hate you!'

The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature reader to accept.

We've gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.

A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud.