I just don't understand why the idea of the universe creating itself is a rational one

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

War is not for winning, Masha, " sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

Your efforts extend like ripples on the ocean, much further than you know.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is asacrament that should be taken kneeling.

I know on which side my bread is buttered.

I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

I wasn't scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

I think in a way, what it is to be human is to transcend our boundaries. That is the human story.

Living life with a smile is like throwing yeast into a bowl of flour, adding warm water and waiting for the flour to rise. It multiplies may times over.

I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.