We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.

Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.

It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques-especially to mosques.

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.

In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.