God doesn't make you a bigot. You're just a bigot.

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

Islam is more than a religion, it's much more than a religion, it's a way of life, it is a one party political system that has a very elaborate legal system that can put you to death if you leave it.

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and I understand the metaphor of that belief.

But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason you were brought into Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you might know me better there.

Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the world that gave shape to him - the world out of which he arose.

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

You belong to all of us, and we belong to you.

It isn't chic for women to be drunk. Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? It must be thought they have better reasons.

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.

Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.

If you eat one less candy bar or donut a day, you're doing your body some good.

I can't help feeling that there is no beauty without hope, struggle, and conquest.

Many gloat over their own troubles.

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.

Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one