The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

Your motivation? Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.

I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.

The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards