Subject: Beliefs (Page 24)

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

(1946 – ) filmmaker, actor & writer

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

writer

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return; it's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man; right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

He's so honest you can shoot dice with him on the telephone.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

If I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke.

blogger (Standing Room Only)

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them.

(1685 – 1732) English writer

Catholics don't get divorced; they stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended.

(1953 – ) American comedian & actor

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet

White Lie: Aversion of the truth.

Golf… is the infallible test; the man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.

(1944 – ) American author & activist