"I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion"

"Music is my religion"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"

"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it"

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"

"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead"

"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small"

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others"