Subject: Beliefs (Page 25)

Isn't it great to live in a society where the penalty for lying to a congressman can be up to 30 years in jail, but the penalty for a congressman lying to you is another two years in office.

(1955 – ) American sportswriter

Among the many remedies that won’t cure a cold, the most common is advice.

Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.

He will even tell a lie when it is not convenient to.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

A bunch of money-grubbin', greenhouse-gassing, seal-clubbing, oil-drilling, Bible-thumping, missile-firing, right-to-life-ing, lethal-injecting hypocrites, whose idea of a good time is strapping a dead panda to a Lincoln Navigator and running over everybody in the gay parade.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Liberal: A man with his mind open at both ends.

If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.

(1907 – 1989) American writer

Satan: The scarecrow in the religious cornfield.

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

(1859 – 1927) English writer

I’m a strict Catholic; this year I gave up abstinence for Lent.

English writer & comedian

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

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

Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

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

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

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

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