The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole life

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

You can make a lot of mistakes in just one lifetime. (I'll Be Waiting)

'Good English' is whatever educated people talk so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.

Sleep is your friend. Dreams are your unwelcome guests.

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

These elections won't be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity.

Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.

Nobody can succeed on their own.

The desire for riches is simply the capacity for a larger life seeking fulfillment; every desire is the effort of an unexpressed possibility come into action.