The people who must never have power are the humorless. To impossible certainties of rectitude they ally tedium and uniformity

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me.

Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.

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.

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

As the many male victims of rape in the regime's disgusting jails can testify, this state-run pathology of sexual repression and sexual sadism is not content to degrade women only.