When in that House MPs divide/If they've a brain and cerebellum, too/They've got to leave that brain outside/And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.

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?

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

Adapt yourself to the needs of the people

I'm just not sure that I'm good enough for her. She's a top shelf drink, I'm a house poured shot.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose - words in their best order poetry - the best words in their best order.

Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.

It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.

Like all successful politicians I married above myself.

Violence is not the way.

The word is control. That's my ultimate - to have control.

Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.