People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

No honest hardworking official likes to see good money disappearing into the hands of the Treasury at the end of the financial year.

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the body.

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing.

Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.