Subject: Beliefs (Page 31)

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

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

The definition of an atheist in Alabama is a person who doesn’t believe in Bear Bryant.

Georgia football coach

The fact that he relies on facts … says things that are not factual… are going to undermine his campaign.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Our loss is their loss.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

(1878 – 1969) clergyman

Jolson's ego was so big he could have given the Lord himself an inferiority complex.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.

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

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Any facts which, when included in the argument, give the desired result, are fair facts for the argument.

My shrink told me it was pointless to believe in myself.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

It was once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.

(1901 – 1970) American journalist & author

Man was predestined to have free will.

He couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner.

(1925 – 2005) television host

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing… if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It's not that I disagree with Bush's economic policy or his foreign policy, it's that I believe he was a child of Satan sent here to destroy the planet Earth.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

The public is always wrong.

If you really are superior, you don't go around saying you're superior – unless you're Jewish.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

(1920 – ) Hungarian writer

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