Subject: Beliefs (Page 28)

The Virgin Mary… we have a whole religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

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

English writer & comedian

A liberal’s generosity is only limited by your income.

I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

They always throw around this term 'the liberal elite,' and I kept thinking to myself about the Christian right; what's more elite than believing that only you will go to heaven?

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

How can I believe in God when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? … If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

It's always darkest before dawn… so if you're going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using “an outside agency” and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf.

British golf writer & commentator

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

(1844 – 1900) German philosopher

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going somewhere else. 

(1942 – 1995) American musician

Liberal: Someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

It’s hard to believe that if there is a God, he would want people to stand in the street and shout like maniacs. I think He would choose better qualified people.

(1980 – ) English comedian & novelist

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

(1942 – ) American author and teacher

Let's face it, show business is run by 2,000 Jews and Oprah, and she lives next door to Spielberg, which makes her Jewish by association.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

He's so crooked he uses a corkscrew for a ruler.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol