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

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.

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

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

If we understand each other, we can live together in harmony.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.

Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

We must also ensure that we have the best medical care, education, and support for our military service members and their families, both when they serve and when they return to civilian life.

Love: a burnt match skating in a urinal.

No one indeed believes anything unless he has first thought that it it to be believed.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

I wanted to continue to be active on those things that I cared about when I was president where I could still have an impact.