The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.

I became a journalist because I didn't want to have to rely on the press for information... I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it's useful to know what people think is the news.

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious.

I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.