The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.

No man should kill himself as long as he can be of the least use to anybody, and if you cannot find some person that you are willing to do something for, find a good dog and take care of him. You have no idea how much better you will feel.

If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me.

If there is a God, there should be no slaves.

Don't you know that if people could bottle the air they would? Don't you know that there would be an American Air-bottling Association? And don't you know that they would allow thousands and millions to die for want of breath, if they could not pay for air? I am not blaming anybody. I am just telling how it is.