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.

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.

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.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.

I like it when people who aren't so attractive, or they have a whole lot of hurdles to get over, I like it when they dress up and they look presentable. That, to me, just touches me.

Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way!

For me, I am a huge fan of Sofia Coppola and Lynn Shelton. I love Lena Dunham, like everybody else. I love Kathryn Bigelow.

The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.

I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.

I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.