The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.

You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.

Most people's deaths are a sham. There's nothing left to die.

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches

I've always wanted to see my name up in tights.

Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

The smaller films just take a longer period of time to build their fan base because people don't see them as soon as they come out in the theater. They see them, after a period of years.

The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.