I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

The abuse dies in a day; but the denial slays the life of the people and entombs the hope of the race.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

The word heretic ought to be a term of honour.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?

A mere society form of Atheism.

If you live in Fear, Success will disappear.

Small streams of hatred can quickly lead to unstoppable, horrific things, so [people] should stand up to any type of persecution or discrimination, whether bullying or malicious gossip.

There are moments in our lives that define the people we will become in the future, like a symptom before an ailment, or the catalyst before the cure.

I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.

Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.

The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.