Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism.

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try

If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

As an act of goodwill you must sacrifice all the futures you might have for the one that he designs for you.

Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.

The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.

We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Statistically, it would be insanity to go into the theatre for money. According to the statistics, you should just stay home. The odds are just incredible.

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

You want your mind to be boggled. That is a pleasure in and of itself. And it's more a pleasure if it's boggled by something that you can then demonstrate is really, really true

My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.