Titles do not count with posterity.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.

I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term.

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.

Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging.

I've always gone for a kind of perfection.

You just have to keep plugging away and if you get lucky enough to get a job, you get one.

The responsibility of the writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to an audience that can do something about them.

I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.