Subject: Beliefs (Page 25)

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

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

The trouble with giving advice is that people want to repay you.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

My dad was Catholic, my mom was Baptist — which was great 'cause at church we got bread and chicken.

American comedian

I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?… Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

If you don't like my opinion of you – improve yourself!

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

If God wanted us to believe in him, he’d exist.

(1958 – 2006) English radio performer, stand-up comic & writer

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

(1884 – 1966) French author

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

(1942 – 2018) English physicist

I never trust a man unless I've got his pecker in my pocket.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband; how about short and cheap?

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized: in the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher

He would not blow his nose without moralizing on conditions in the handkerchief industry.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

We must believe in free will… we have no choice.

(1902 – 1991) Polish Jewish American author

It is always the best policy to speak the truth…` unless, of course you are an exceptionally good liar.

(1859 – 1927) English writer