Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.

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.

Reading brings us unknown friends.” — Honoré de Balzac

The day we get comfortable with our lives is the day we sacrifice adventure.

You can turn ANYTHING negativeinto the positive

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.

We're born first humans then after they stamp our passport.

Big data isn’t about bits, it’s about talent.

When you leave a place, it's best to leave.

Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.

When I was a child, we seemed to be living in a world remote from the rest of the world. But television has made a great difference to all of us.