Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.


J. B. S. Haldane

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Jesus once declared that God is "good to the ungrateful and the wicked" (St. Luke 6:35), and I remem...
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
J. B. SMOOVE
I'm on my version of the protein diet, but there ain't no protein in it. It's a Krispy K...
J. B. SMOOVE
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
J. B. PRIESTLEY
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk ma...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
The cruelest revenge of a woman is to remain faithful to a man
J. B. BOSSUET
I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I&...
J. B. SMOOVE
If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of wor...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
But even the Christian, for all this satisfying and hopeful conviction, does not know the meaning of...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936 [The Christian] refus...
J. B. PHILLIPS
If New Testament Christianity is to reappear today with its power and joy and courage, men must reca...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 To me the...
J. B. PHILLIPS
The testimony of the New Testament cannot be lightly disregarded, nor can the claims of Christ be ai...
J. B. PHILLIPS
I have heard professing Christians of our own day speak as though the historicity of the Gospels doe...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 Much of today's...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres...
J. B. PHILLIPS
What I am concerned with here is not to write a new life of Jesus, but to set down my witness to the...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Pentecost Every time we say, 'I believe in the Holy Spirit,' we mean that we believe that there i...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 Most Christians are affected far more than they know by...
J. B. PHILLIPS
It is necessary to point out that our responsibility is a relative one only, for as we think of the ...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 God in His providence ha...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928 Following...
J. B. PHILLIPS
Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650 In his enthusiasm, ...
J. B. PHILLIPS
If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go t...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minut...
J. B. SMOOVE
I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.
J. B. SMOOVE
A lot of critics have picked themselves to be Michelle's self-appointed guardians. We look at the po...
B. J. WIE
She is a very happy girl today.
B. J. WIE
We've handled her press, her P.R., and been her travel agent. At some time, she will be on her own. ...
B. J. WIE
She grew up playing against boys in Hawaii, so it's very natural to her. She's used to playing with ...
B. J. WIE
You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the ...
J. B. SMOOVE
Our dourest parsons, who followed the nonconformist fashion of long extemporary prayers, always seem...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovin...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
J. B. PRIESTLEY
Un défaut qui empêche les hommes d'agir, c'est de ne pas sentir de quoi ils sont capables.
J. B. BOSSUET
The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
J. B. PRIESTLEY
I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and se...
J. B. SMOOVE
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty
J. B. BOSSUET
I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' ...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor...
J. B. SMOOVE
When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used t...
J. B. SMOOVE
I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the ...
J. B. SMOOVE
What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
J. B. SMOOVE
I should be European, man. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.
J. B. SMOOVE
Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building a...
J. B. PRITZKER
We plan, we toil, we suffer in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Rad...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
If there is one thing left that I would like to do, it's to write something really beautiful. And I ...
J. B. PRIESTLEY
I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody e...
S. J. ROZAN
The crimes that become iconic etch themselves into the collective consciousness because they suggest...
S. J. ROZAN
Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been exp...
S. J. ROZAN