I'm proud to be an atheist - it helps me stand for so much more and fall for so much less.

Faith is not the result of fuzy thinking. It is the cause of it.

Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.

You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need help?

I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil—you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.

The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative.

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'