“If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.”

“Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.”

“Religion is the opium of the poor”

“Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.”

“Maybe I don't have to perfect, I just have to be good enough.”

“And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said—and she had the Sight—“Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living!” And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels—or devils.”

“What I lack in skills and ability.I more than make up for in confidence!”