If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up.

Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. It has no mysteries, no mumblings, no priests, no ceremonies, no falsehoods, no miracles, and no persecutions.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tell the truth - each of the other.

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Wind is renewable. Turbines are not.

As to posterity I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don't want anybody else to do that.

Your wit makes others witty.

Most evil comes from the belief that one is a victim, or one's group is a victim

I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.

I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.

What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.

Formula: Second Draft = First Draft minus 10%.

Gold looks good on my skin, and gold looks good on black people, I think.