Most people can't handle freedom. Without the enforced structure of debts, obligations and a job, they would self-destruct.

Of all the weird things in the world, the most bizarre is our body and how we got stuck inside it.

The greatest tragedy of society is that having children is perceived to be a right no matter how ill-equipped you are to raise them.

There is no limit to the cruelty you can inflict on others if you believe you are merely defending yourself.

Nothing says Christmas like festive holiday products made by Chinese slave labor.

Humans are creatures of inertia. Whatever they are doing they are likely to keep doing until forced into another path.

If you look around you and see only happiness, you aren't looking very deeply.

Society is built on a delicate web of withheld information. Speaking the truth in the wrong circumstances can be as destructive as any lie.

If you demand a vow of celibacy from your priests, their sexuality will be forced underground where it is bound to do terrible things.

Zero calorie artificial sweeteners.
Fat-free ice cream.
Alcohol-free beer.
Christian Rock.

Society allows young people a reasonable period of creativity and freedom before settling into a normal adult life of debt and servitude.

Humor is an escape, but it can also be a prison, especially if you are expected to be funny on demand.

Making just enough money doing things you believe in is better than making a lot of money doing things you don't.

Rule #1 of starting your own religion: Do it thousands of years ago. That way all the evidence is lost except what your followers convey.

Mature love means learning how to deal with manipulation, addiction, co-dependence and all the other demons riding on the tails of romance.

Each of us has an emotional immune system that attacks and destroys any new ideas that conflict with what we have already committed to.

The opposite of religion is not atheism but existentialism, the theory that all meaning derives from what you can see and experience.

"Boom and Bust" is the cycle of life. Boom is when you think you can do anything and overcommit yourself. Bust is when you pay the price.

Forget Mars and Venus. You just married a jerk.

Porn star claims Tiger Woods got her pregnant - twice. Shouldn't someone teach those innocent porn stars about contraception?