If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him?
Neal StephensonThat we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code.
Neal StephensonAny property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.
Neal StephensonIf the Coastal Republic had believed in the existence of virtue, it could at least have aspired to hypocrisy.
Neal Stephenson