Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

[T]o believe in a god is in one way to express a willingness to believe in anything. Whereas to reject the belief is by no means to profess belief in nothing.

How much vanity must be concealed – not too effectively at that – in order to pretend that one is the personal object of a divine plan?

The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.

Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it.

I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost a religious sense of respect for the natural world.

I don't want the IRS banging down my door.

Love requires Context.

He who falls, falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God's will.

I am never merry when I hear sweet music.