It was not the house that grew dull, but I that grew dull in it. My wife was better than all women, and yet I could not feel it.

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.

He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement.

The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.