The only deadline is the one I give myself.

Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong.

There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.

We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.

The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're not far apart.