Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.

Thousands of years ago only Christ could walk on the water. Today anybody can do it; you just step on the garbage.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

Millions of Germans had absolute faith in Hitler. Millions of Russians had faith in Stalin. Millions of Chinese had faith in Mao. Billions have had faith in imaginary gods.

Basketball Rule #5When you stopplayingyour gameyou've alreadylost.

Writing a book is easy, getting people to read it is the hard part.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.

Every profound spirit needs a mask.

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

I'm Going To Make Available To Every American The Same Health Care Plan That Senators And Congressmen Give Themselves.

Getting too much advice from your partner is a little bit like...it can cause conflict. As much as you're married, you're still an individual and you still have your own self of yourself.

Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota.