“I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it.”

“The sentiment of reality can indeed attach itself so strongly to our object of belief that our whole life is polarized through and through, so to speak, by its sense of the existence of the thing believed in, and yet that thing, for the purpose of definite description, can hardly be said to be present to our mind at all.”

“To a certain extent, the website is unfortunate because it oversimplifies things. Everybody’s concept of having a friend is different. It can definitely blur the relationships that exist between people. But in the end, I think that thefacebook can only reinforce preexisting communities.”

“Cognitive processes surely exist, so it can hardly be unscientific to study them.”

“If there's one thing I despise, it's brennivín... [T]here no longer exists within me a single spark of longing for brennivín.”

“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”

“Satan, who I believe exists as much as I believe Jesus exists, wants us to believe meaningless things for meaningless reasons.”

“Most of the time I'm a professional idiot. I really don't care about what other people think, which can be a bad thing.”

“I am often accused of expressing contempt and despising religious people. I don't despise religious people, I despise what they stand for. I like to quote the British journalist Johann Hari who said, "I have so much respect for you, that I cannot respect your ridiculous ideas."”

“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.”