A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

Islam is more than a religion, it's much more than a religion, it's a way of life, it is a one party political system that has a very elaborate legal system that can put you to death if you leave it.

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and I understand the metaphor of that belief.

But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason you were brought into Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you might know me better there.

Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the world that gave shape to him - the world out of which he arose.

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

Although I'm sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.

I had a dream that I could please everyone. Well that will always be a dream, because I find that near to impossible to do.

I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world.

For me, commitment boils down to honor.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.

The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form.

She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.