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

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.

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?

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but absence also dulls the memory and then we tend to forget who we were missing in the first place.

Fear can be headier than whiskey once man has acquired a taste for it.

People are so codified - it's sad.

A man nearly sixty is just as ready to suppose himself fascinating as a man of twenty.

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.

I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.

I have one regret: I wish I was a better father.

Irritation for some men was their response to strain.

Physiognomy is often a great falsifier, though as a rule it is honest enough.

To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.