[I]f a current president of Harvard were to preach the theology of Increase Mather he would be locked up as a lunatic, though he is still free (and expected) to merchant the prevailing political balderdash. Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas.

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.

Christian--One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

The worshiper is the father of the gods.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

There is only one justification for having sinned, and that is to be glad of it.