A Great voice has fallen silent. A great heart has stopped.

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.

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.

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

Avoid stock expressions (like the plague, as William Safire used to say) and repetitions. Don't say that as a boy your grandmother used to read to you, unless at that stage of her life she really was a boy, in which case you have probably thrown away a better intro. If something is worth hearing or listening to, it's very probably worth reading. So, this above all: Find your own voice.

Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.