We would sit and talk about the Bible. We would sit and talk about opera. We would sit and talk about golf. I mean, we talked about philosophy and politics.

I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book

Everyone loves the David and Goliath story, but if Goliath had slain David, it'd never have made the Bible.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of mattress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data

I don’t like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found.