It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities grew up.

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

Don't take our word for it. Read the Bible itself. Read the statements of preachers. And you will understand that God is the most desperate character, the worst villain in all fiction.

A good title is a work of a genius!

To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind.

Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature.

To proclaim himself an agnostic, while to some it might appear more respectable and cautious, would be to say in effect that he hadn't decided what to believe.

Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?

There lies a faith in the absence of control.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.

Have you fallen in love with wrong person yet?

By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.

...the way to reform has always led through prison.

There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."

I think as long as the standard of quality, the story-telling, film-making, acting etc. etc. remains consistent, then you've got a good change of making a decent anthology.

Bolivar cannot carry double