We become accomplices in evil every time we seek to soothe the unslakable appetites of the crime family that sits in Pyongyang.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

Our goal is to discover that we have always been where we ought to be

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.

To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.

I think that we're beginning to globalize medicine now. You have to take Eastern approaches and bring them to the West, and share West with the East.

I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying.

Infinite are the arguments of mages.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.