The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.

What the edge of Truth cuts, the edge of Grace mends.

The greatest discovery is to find a hero within oneself that will choose life over death

The white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them.

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.

I will not leave the Republican Party, ... The Republican Party is my home.

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'

But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.