There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

Never again will your footsteps b repeated upon this earth. your life is the life that can make a difference.

There's a very go-to kind of attitude in New Zealand that stems from that psyche of being quite isolated and not being able to rely on the rest of the world's infrastructure.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.

Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.

In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.

Not only am I younger, but I'm better looking.

If you don’t know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.