"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble"

"Music is my religion"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it"

"The trouble with children is that they're not returnable"

"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"

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

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so"

"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there"

"The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for 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"