In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.

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.

Each day we hold things in our heart, sometimes these things are heavy. Carrying God's grace with us each and every day lightens life's load.

Oh, God. Not again.”Not again? “Do you make a habit of driving into people’s houses?

If you are not dead, then there is hope. get up and go conquer the world.

I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.

Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers.

Raff, what have you done to yourself? Your hair is positively blue.

If people are going to hate me, I want them to hate me for the right reasons

Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting."

I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.

The world is a penal institution.