Subject: Beliefs (Page 16)

God writes a lot of comedy… the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

(1942 – ) humorist & radio broadcaster

Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

I like Jesus, but he loves me, so it's awkward.

Canadian comedian

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

If God wanted me to bend over, he’d have put diamonds on the floor.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth-decay in His divine system of creation?

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I'm a great lover… I bet.

(1956 – ) American comedian

The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father’s religion, if they can find out what it is.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

I know I’m God because when I pray to him I find I’m talking to myself.

(1931 – 2004) English playwright & screenwriter

He doesn’t have much of a reputation or so I’ve heard.

The mightiest of weapons is truth…. and everyone knows you're not permitted to bring a weapon into a government building.


God don't make no mistakes… that's how He got to be God.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

It’s hard to believe that if there is a God, he would want people to stand in the street and shout like maniacs. I think He would choose better qualified people.

(1980 – ) English comedian & novelist

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Defame: To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

As you grow older, you stand for more and fall for less.

A woman will lie about anything, just to stay in practice.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter