It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?

I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag.

I have taken the stand that nobody can be always wrong, but it does seem to me that I have approximated so highly that I am nothing short of a negative genius.

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.

I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things.

It's people's worst fantasy to see their partner kissing someone else, even though it's a job and it's not real.

Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It's to live a fuller human life.

Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.

Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.