Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature.

It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities grew up.

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

Don't take our word for it. Read the Bible itself. Read the statements of preachers. And you will understand that God is the most desperate character, the worst villain in all fiction.

A good title is a work of a genius!

To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind.

To proclaim himself an agnostic, while to some it might appear more respectable and cautious, would be to say in effect that he hadn't decided what to believe.

Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?

You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!

Dancing is to music what a beloved wife is to her husband. Both of them are so in love, you can't separate them.

The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.

I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)

India, which is the nursery of the great faiths of the world

I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.

Sure! Why should any experts be the arbiters... That's like telling someone they can't be a vegetarian.