We humans have many vestigial features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix.

If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”.

Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.

Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.

We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!

In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.

Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.

Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn't happen? That's not academic freedom, but dereliction of duty.

Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.

We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy.

Is it possible to write a poem or are these words just screams of outlaws exiled to the desert?

Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked.

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.

I want to make all Europe and America know it - I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require - the restoration of our domestic parliament.

You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.

I do eat well. I try to love my body. That is what I tell my daughter. I say, 'Love every bite of food. Love your body. We're all going to be dead soon.' Actually I don't say that last thing to her.

People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.

I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.

I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.

When you stop hoping you start settling.