The atheist proposition is the following - most of the time - it may not be said that there is no god; it may be said that there is no reason to think that there is one.

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.

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

As an innovator, you need to be aware of how traditions, habits and bias can act as barriers to accepting new ideas.

The critical issues here concern what is right, what is just -- not the balancing of benefits.

He who shoots first laughs last.

A mind is a wonderful thing to change.

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it

Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

That's how I try to think of education - a school is a miniature society where children learn to function in a real world.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.