Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.