Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

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.

Time cannot put anything in your hands until you let go off the time.

The Church is not called to overthrow government but to influence culture.

Many talk about flowing against the wind, but its only fools, who goes against the wind. The wise one’s, simply adjust themselves with the flow of the wind.

There's never any great risk as long as you have money.

The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans.

To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

Sincerity does not equal competence.

When our inner self connects to our work and our work to our inner self, the work knows no limit, for the inner self knows no limit.

We've all been hurt by words before. So before you speak, think about how your words might affect someone else.

This was a no-brainer, ... When it came down to it, I said to myself, Hey, you can still play, you can still play at a high level and you still enjoy playing. Why not play?