You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously.

You don't say 'they all do it' unless you know you've been doing it too.

I beg you, help me, in angelic charity, Pray my efforts will reflect your mastery!

...Mrs. Bostwick's face was heavy and lethargic, without any strength or delicacy, and it bore the deep marks of what must have been a habitual dissatisfaction.

The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.

The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States, not the profiteers.

The value of any experience is measured, of course, not by the amount of money, but the amount of development we get out of it.

One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always referred to the black models as "black girls." I thought, "They never say 'white girls.'

Religion is hard work. Its insights are not self-evident and have to be cultivated in the same way as an appreciation of art, music, or poetry must be developed.

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition