O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever about Thee.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.

The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says "Behold, I make all things new.

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

Be close enough to people so that you are indifferent to the material. And also have faith.

I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?

It's a typical story: you think of something, it stays in the back of your head for a while, and then you finally do it.

Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been.

Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves.

It is a lie that to talk to Hispanics you have to talk about amnesty. Let me tell you, the only Hispanics that are in favor of amnesty are the illegals.

You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.