"Atheism is a disease of the mind caused by eating underdone philosophy"

“There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.”

“I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots...”

“It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.”

“When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things.”

“I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful.”

Source : Interview with The Guardian, March 29, 2010.

“I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.”

“What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.”

“The high number from the Middle East is only coincidence, he said. It is no particular choice on our part, ... We accept visa trainees from those countries. We'd accept them from other countries, too, but we don't get their applications.”