I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be a great sustaining force.

I can no more imagine falling in love with someone who believed that than I can imagine falling in love with someone who believes that blacks shouldn't be able to vote and are inferior to whites.

One of the interesting things is is that Judaism was very attractive to the Roman aristocracy.

A person can be religious and still respect secular values and not talk about Jesus all the time as though every American believed in Jesus.

The more intelligent and competent a woman is in her adult life, the less likely she is to have received an adequate amount of romantic attention in adolescence.

I no more believe in the God of the Jews than I believe in any God.

hope is not a plan of action.