Subject: Beliefs (Page 30)

White Supremacists: The most convincing argument against the theory of white racial superiority.

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

(1920 – ) Hungarian writer

The only way a reporter should look at a politician is down.

As you grow older, you stand for more and fall for less.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

I would not want Jimmy Carter and his men in charge of snake control in Ireland.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Church: Man’s effort to keep a roof over God’s head.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother’s side.

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

Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

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

(1942 – 1995) American musician

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

God always has another custard pie up His sleeve.

(1943 – 2010) English actress

Statistics are no substitute for common sense.

Tact: To lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator