Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god

Impiety, n. Your irreverence toward my deity

I find it doesn't pay to take oneself too seriously. And I like that sort of irreverence when I see it with other people.

It turns the whole thing on its ear a little bit, ... It's fun, it's goofy. There's definitely a total irreverence to our approach. ... And then there's the pragmatic side of us that said, 'Why in God's name would we spend all this money ... to fill a church for an hour?'

Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is the best or right way of life, the best or right religion, political or economic value, morality?" To the questioner, nothing is sacred. He detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead. He is challenging, insulting, agitating, discrediting. He stirs unrest.