[He]said something that made it impossible to continue working for him.[The exact words were]You're fired.

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.

But the goal of the arts, culinary or otherwise, is not to increase our comfort. That is the goal of an easy chair.

When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.

Women. You tell me they're not all witches, and I'll tell you you haven't been paying attention.

With luck, it might even snow for us.

Biggest question: Isn't it really 'customer helping' rather than customer service? And wouldn't you deliver better service if you thought of it that way?

I don't really check out other people's butts.

Where two Greeks are gathered together, there will be at least three political parties represented, and possibly more.

We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are – but not web pages.

Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller.

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.