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In general, the churches, visited by me often on weekdays... bore for me the same relation to God that billboards did to Coca-Cola; they promoted thirst without quenching it. ~John Updike, A Month of Sundays, 1975



If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ~Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God Is Within You



Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm living public opinion. ~Wendell Phillips



Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. ~Malcolm de Chazal



I believe if I should die, and you were to walk near my grave, from the very depths of the earth I would hear your footsteps. ~Benito Perez Galdos



The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband. ~Joan Rivers



Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice. ~Martin H. Fischer



I make serious coffee - so strong it wakes up the neighbors. ~Author Unknown



A faith like Lincoln's would transform the world! ~James Oppenheim



Love inverts hate. ~Carrie Latet



I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 10



The Internet is a shallow and unreliable electronic repository of dirty pictures, inaccurate rumors, bad spelling and worse grammar, inhabited largely by people with no demonstrable social skills. ~Author Unknown



Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be? ~Author Unknown



Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. ~Zen Saying



Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. ~Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975



A little girl is sugar and spice and everything nice - especially when she's taking a nap. ~Author Unknown



A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. ~Jean Rostand



Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ~Erica Jong, How to Save Your Own Life, 1977



Mine is the night, with all her stars. ~Edward Young



Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, 1973 Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, 1973