Indeed, without emotion it seems unlikely we can even have morality.

Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.

The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe.

Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all.

Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.

Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.

Don't talk about heaven if you've never been to Bali.

We knit alone our life, before seeing by it our shroud. (Nous tricotons notre vie seule, Avant d'y voir notre linceul)

Thanks to my art, I now know who I am.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

I believe we have breaks because we need them. So my suggestion is that you take the break. Eat chocolate.

I'm world-famous in West Bromwich.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

I don't feel like I need to be on an island to be enjoying myself and relaxing.

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.

People shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone.