Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

Pray until you can pray. And when you can pray, keep praying.

A selfish person can still love someone else, can't they? Even when they've hurt them and let them down.

Forever encased in the amber of a writer's prose.

The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

[Miley Cyrus] got a fantastic voice. I do think she's a fantastic artist and does great songs. I wish her all the best.

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

The padded outfits, the bad scripts, the phony-looking sets... he dealt with it all. He had to. He was Superman.

I don't like to power trip, but when you're a boss you have to fight for certain things.

What good is a planet called Earth, after all, if you own no land?