Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

You can't have occupation and human rights.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From this single piece of information you can trace the lines of patronage and allegiance that define the state.

Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with.

One can't live without fear, it's a question of what is your attitude towards fear? I'm afraid of a sordid death. I'm afraid that I will die in an ugly or squalid way, and cancer can be very vigorous in that respect.