The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

The abuse dies in a day; but the denial slays the life of the people and entombs the hope of the race.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

The word heretic ought to be a term of honour.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?

I saw you put rice in a toaster once, " said Mae. "I was there when made the tin of beans explode.""It was faulty, " Jamie protested, his eyes shifty. " I am sure of this.

I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to transform the earth to be heaven.

They sounded like intestines, only on the outside, and the men in the Bible were always having them cut off and not being able to go to church. Horrid.

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

The less you fear, the more power you will have.

You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.

[on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character.

New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed.

There were things that I knew that I was going to keep to myself.

Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities.