If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.

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.

Joblessness gives you liberty

beyond the earth and the shadowthe brightness of our love will stay alive

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.

Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

The work of the artist is to heal the soul.

For a second I feel a rush of sadness: for the horizons that vanish behind us, for the people we leave behind, the tiny-doll selves that get stored away and ultimately buried.

Nothing in your life is beyond redemption.

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.