"We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded."

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"We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded."

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"Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine."

Walter Cronkite, American Journalist

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"The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context."

Troy Perry, American Clergyman

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"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart."

Hillary Clinton, American Politician

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"The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible."

Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian

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"Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology."

Richard King, American Director

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"The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter."

Dave Mustaine, American Musician

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"Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters."

Anita Diament, American Author

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

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

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"The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

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"Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

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"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

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"Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine."

"The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context."

"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart."

"The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible."

"Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology."

"The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter."

"Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters."

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

"The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs."

"Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it."

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"Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book."

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"Do noble things, not dream them all day long."

"Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell."

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."

"It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means."

"Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."

"A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London."

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."