The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

Be Chris LeDoux, Not Garth Brooks

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

As attorney general, Ive had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point.

I would say my life experiences are my poetry, whether I'm writing about those actual, factual experiences or not.

I HATED the Salinger story. It took me days to go through it, gingerly, a page at a time, and blushing with embarrassment for him every ridiculous sentence of the way. How can they let him do it?

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.

I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.

You never know where a blessing can come from.