Subject: Beliefs (Page 15)

If you want to know what God thinks of money, you only have to look at those to whom he gives it.

(1874 – 1945) English writer, translator & war correspondent

He’d steal flies from a blind spider.

Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and give it to him.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

For every proverb that so confidently asserts its little bit of wisdom, there is usually an equal and opposite proverb that contradicts it.

Fine words! … I wonder where you stole them.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?

(1964 – ) comedian, political satirist, writer & television host

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

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

A church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

(1959 – ) Australian writer & television producer

I guess the biggest issue my husband and I are going to have is how do we raise the baby… because he’s Jewish and I’m Protestant and the baby’s father is Catholic.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

You’ll always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist

Journalists say a thing that they know isn’t true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

1867 – 1931) English novelist

In the beginning there was nothing and God said ‘Let there be light,’ and there was still nothing, but everybody could see it.

(1949 – ) Canadian comedian & actor

My way of joking is to tell the truth.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The person with the least expertise has the most opinions.

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

Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them… well, I have others.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

Religion is basically guilt with different holidays.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor