The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

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.

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

Abundance is a state, not a quantity. Idea of shortage is man-made.

Silence is the deadliest weapon of mass destruction.

People are already p*ssed off at me because I'm athletic and beautiful; to be smart in addition to that... it's like, too much.

O sweet September, thy first breezes bring The dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter, The cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring And promise of exceeding joy hereafter.

It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.

I never got into coffee.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.