No society has gone the way of gulags or concentration camps by following the path of Spinoza and Einstein and Jefferson and Thomas Paine

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.

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.

You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.

Drugs support terrorism? No, your SUV supports terrorism.

Another word for creativity is courage.

Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.

Choices, the greatest power we have, Choices, the path which is destiny, Choices, the result which is you... .

I thought about all of us women and how we spend half our lives rebelling against our mothers and the next half rebelling against our daughters.

It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

Any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills.