“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”

“Truth rarely shows up in public dressed as itself.”

“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this work — is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on the surface, but fundamentally, not in intention or according to its own supposition, but in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature.”

“One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.”

“The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary.”

“Only for today, I will devote ten minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul”