The only deadline is the one I give myself.

One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.

There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.

Christians and Jews don't believe in Allah or Brahma. Hindus don't believe in Yahweh or Allah. Muslims don't believe in Brahma or Yahweh. Atheists agree with all of them.

We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.

The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're not far apart.

Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

... when editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas.

Conscience is the absolute truthfulness perceived, which comes from Nothing, our true nature, and as such reflects things exactly the way they are.

The axiomatic method has many advantages over honest work.

Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives.

We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common good.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.

When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.