Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

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.

Looking back and wondering if it could have worked eventually hurts more than trying and failing.

If you do not control your circumstance, you will be controlled by your circumstance. The choice is yours.

Independence is fun, especially when there's a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship.

I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.

It's not insincere to say you're happy if your determined to make it true and live in that consciousness.

Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

I don't know whether I could visit a new neighborhood now and have a kid's set of observations about a place. I no longer can really think like a child, though I can remember thinking like one.

I feel like I’ve known you forever. Like I’ve held you in my heart for centuries. (Talon)