Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside

Philosophy is the attempt to find good reasons for conventional beliefs

I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share

The meal is not over when I’m full. The meal is over when I hate myself

If you can control your emotions, chances are you don’t have too many

What you write will generally be pretty awful, especially when you are young. And, for the most part, this does not change as you age

One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics

People only speak to get something. If I say, ‘Let me tell you a few things about myself’, already your defenses go up

Of course I believe in luck. How else does one explain the successes of one’s enemies?

Cities mindful of tourists have built elaborate ‘tourist traps’ which, luckily, work

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

Believe nothing until it has been officially denied

Nobody has ever been happy in a job they obtained by first handing in a resumé

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence

If you think that the bad or indifferent results that too often come out of Washington are due to base motives and bad intentions, you are giving politicians and policymakers way too much credit for being effective

Google never did any advertising. They’re like dealers; they sell the stuff, but they know better than to use it themselves

All rhetorical questions are accusations