Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Votes: 15
The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home. Votes: 10
There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument. Votes: 0
I feel Anglo-American. Votes: 0
The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. Votes: 0
Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea. Votes: 0
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. Votes: 0
I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world. Votes: 0
A good liar must have a good memory. Votes: 0
A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory. Votes: 0
I vote and I do jury duty. Votes: 0
Cheap booze is a false economy. Votes: 0
At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied. Votes: 0
All of life is a wager Votes: 0
Chemotherapy isn't good for you. Votes: 0
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. Votes: 0
A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. Votes: 0
I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn't even notice. Votes: 0
Obscenity comes from grime. Votes: 0
If you can talk, you can write. Votes: 0
The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth. Votes: 0
I donât have a body, I am a body. Votes: 0
Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers. Votes: 0
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information. Votes: 0
In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test. Votes: 0
I'm dying, but so are you Votes: 0
Religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Votes: 0
For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time. Votes: 0
Name one moral action performed by a believer that could not have been done by a nonbeliever. Votes: 0
Perhaps the values of socialists can only be realized by socialists in a nonsocialist society. Votes: 0
I am a person of faith: I am a person who will believe practically anything on no evidence at all. Votes: 0
The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister. Votes: 0
Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do. Votes: 0
I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right. Votes: 0
No child's behind left. Votes: 0
Religion is not just incongruent with morality, but in essential ways incompatible with it. Votes: 0
If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings I'm still waiting to hear what your point is. Votes: 0
In order to terminate a pregnancy, you have to still a heartbeat, switch off a developing brain. Votes: 0
To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs. Votes: 0
When you fall ill, people send you CDs. Very often, in my experience, these are by Leonard Cohen Votes: 0
It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made. Votes: 0
Jesus is Santa Claus for Adults Votes: 0
I'm terrified of losing my voice. Votes: 0
The thing about religion is that it's the first and the worst. The worst because it's the first. Votes: 0