We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.

New rule: Tulips aren't flowers. They're some kind of gay onion.

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.

If religion or spiritual practice does not make you a person who is just a little more kind, more tolerant, more generous, more patient, more truthful, then it has failed and its rituals are meaningless

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.

That’s why I don’t have a religion. I don’t want to have to say that, okay, I agree with everything a guy says.