Atheists have an excellent longevity record because we have no place to go after we die, so we take good care of ourselves and our world while we are here.

I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum in Canada or Australia or England, but I didn't want to leave the United States, because for better or worse I'm an American, and this is my land; so I decided to fight it out on home ground, and finally we hit upon Hawaii, because of the liberal atmosphere created by its racial admixture, and because of its relatively large population of Buddhists, who are largely nontheistic.

As I grew a little bit older and got interested in law, I read that Clarence Darrow didn't believe in the Bible either. So I read everything he had ever written, all of his trials, everything - to search out the philosophy of his disbelief.But I couldn't find it.

Organizing atheists is like hurding cats

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.

I can't pinpoint a period in history or a place in the universe where religion has actually helped the welfare of man.