The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.

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.

Your true abilities will reveal themselves when you are in a time of trouble.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

You can make a fresh start with your final breath.

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war.

In magic, man has to rely on himself. So, in religion, of course, you're looking for outside support but that's the appeal of magic.

I had a lot of jobs. I worked over 50 jobs before I rapped for a living.

You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you.

Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.

I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.