It's very important to try to inculcate into children moral rules, such as "do as you would be done by."

We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

Most of the ones [Nobel prizes] that have gone to Muslims have been peace prizes, and the [number of Muslims] who have gotten them for scientific work is exceedingly low. But in Jews, it is exceedingly high.

I'm not so fond of the sort of science fiction that isn't really science fiction but is sometimes thought to be - Gothic princesses and white horses and bats and castles and things.

I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence.

Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used for good or ill. But it should not be a powerful weapon at all.

It is all too easy to mistake passion that can change its mind for fundamentalism, which never will.