“Atheism and a kind of _second innocence_ belong together.”

“Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. This kind of picture is a lie. Things are forced to fit because the writer or the director or somebody wanted something in that didn't belong. And it doesn't feel right.”

“Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.”

“Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.”

“You might belong to someone else, but you kind of belong to me, too.”

“Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position”