There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.

A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody laughs, you have failed.

We know that our life is essentially tragic. I'm absolutely not for handing over that very important department of our psyche to those who say, "Why didn't you say so before? God has a plan for you in mind."

We have no proof that Socrates ever existed. We only know from witnesses to his life that he did. Like Jesus, he never wrote anything down. It doesn't matter to me whether he did or not exist because we have his teachings, his method of thinking, and his extreme intellectual and moral courage.

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.

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

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.