I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.

I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.

I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me.

Jesus, it is true, shows no personal interest in gain, but he does speak of treasure in heaven and even of mansions as an inducement to follow him. Is it not further true that all religions down the ages have shown a keen interest in the amassment of material goods in the real world?

Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it.

To reflect upon the event horizon is a great deal more awe-inspiring than a burning bush or a wooden statue that weeps or pees or bleeds.

It's no fun to appreciate to the full the truth of the materialist proposition that I don't have a body, I am a body.