Charles Spurgeon Quotes

Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.

I've taken up the Bible again, somewhat in the spirit of W.C. Fields - looking for loopholes.

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

I could hardly be called a pillar of the [Anglican] Church. I am more in the nature of a buttress, for I support it from the outside.

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking, "Do you want fries with that?

I would like to thank the honorable police and judges and all those who worked to arrest dog lovers.

There is nothing more frightening to a political satirist than an honest administration.

I want to be a martyr.

I … do swear, in the presence of My Brethren and by the Cross of St. Peter and of our Blessed Lady that I will Aid and Support Our Holy Religion by Destroying the Hereticks and as far as my power & property will Go not one Shall be excepted …

Comedy actually works best when you're living in an OK world, and you are pointing out the hypocrisy in apathy.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

There seemed to be some correlation between devotion to God and a misguided zeal for marshmallows.

A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.

If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

[On Malcolm Muggeridge:] He thinks he was knocked off his horse by God, like St. Paul on the road to Damascus. His critics think he simply fell off it from old age.

Liberals don't have a sense of humor, particularly if it's about them. You can't laugh at them, you can't mock them, you can't make fun of them like they can laugh at and mock and make fun of everybody else.

"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."

Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point.

Oh, for a pin that would puncture pretension!

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!

[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.