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

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!

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

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?

The true definition of innocence is unfiltered perception.

My luck was my father not striking oil... we'd have been rich. I'd never have set out for Hollywood with my camera and I'd have had a lot less interesting life.

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

We have only one task, to stand firm and carry on the racial struggle without mercy.

I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

I was exactly having fun. I was stone miserable, but I wasn't hating doing it; I was loving doing it, but it's just damaged and warped.

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement.

I have an easy tendency to stumble and fall, which is not a good thing in an 84-year-old guy, so when I brush my teeth, then I do balancing exercises.