Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.

I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.

Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.

Religion and science have a common ancestor - ignorance.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.