I would never commit the positively anti-social action of robbing a bank, or worse still, working in one.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision

We will be happy if we can get around to the idea that art is not an outside and extra thing

The essence of good government is trust.

Don't associate me with comedy. And please don't say actress. I would never call myself any of those things. I hate it when people call me that.

I just feel that I don't agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that's sensationalized.

Judge [Samuel] Alito enjoys the support and respect of the people who work with him, practice with him and, therefore, know him best.

Brave people may be persuaded to an action by representing it as being more dangerous than it really is.

“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Forces can bend heads, but not minds.