The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason.

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.

Faith must withstand time. It can’t be a here today and gone tomorrow kind of trust.

You can check that box off. You want to make your parents proud for the tuition they paid at NYU.

Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.

It's important to stand up for your work - otherwise somebody else will step in and say they did it.

The madmen seem to live on forever, don't they?

Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.

...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

That's the easiest 69 I ever made.