"We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He quite literally taught us our place and allowed us to go on to make extraordinary advances in knowledge."
"If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox."
"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid."
"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay."
"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay."
"If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox."