Bill Maher
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"William" ""Bill"" "Maher, Jr." is an American political satire/political satirist, writer, producer, political commentator, television host, actor, media critic, and stand-up comedian. Before his role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar Late night television in the United States/late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect, originally on Comedy Central and later on American Broadcasting Company/ABC.

Maher is known for his sarcasm/sarcastic attitude, political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracy/bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate.

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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.

Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.

What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.

The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after talking to Bush for a few minutes, he said, "You know what? Let's just grab lunch."

Men are only as loyal as their options.

The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.

Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.

Religion to me is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.