“You should never trust a person who prays in public.”

“Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.”

“Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.”

“Never trust anything a fiction writer says about himself.”

“Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do.”

“Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.”

“With no gods to pray to, Susan prayed to her father.”