The Bible says that the the Lord thy God is a jealous God. But if you are omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, eternal, and the creator of all that exists, of whom could you possibly be jealous?

Should one continue to base one's life on a system of belief that--for all its occasional wisdom and frequent beauty--is demonstrably untrue?

You were born with two things: existence and opportunity, and these are the raw materials out of which you can make a successful life.

Christianity does not remove you from the world and its problems; it makes you fit to live in it, triumphantly and usefully.

The old style hypocrite was a person who tried to appear better than he actually was; the new style hypocrite tries to appear worse than he or she is.

Mom always said I was born to sit in the electric chair, but I'm proving her wrong. I'm going to die on my knees, begging for my life.

Up to 90% of all inventions of the world comes from the Protestant world

When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is

The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work.

I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.

At the factory, I deal with ex-cons, substance abusers, and sexual harassers. And I'm not just talking about my mom.

I'm scared of the interviews...I'm scared of having to get up onstage again. I'm scared of the critique. I'm scared right now of doing this again. But that's why I have to do it, I think.

Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.

Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't noticed the change, I'd been having such a ball!

There are moments. You will know them.