When I was seven a nun told me I loved god so much that I would die for him – I left the church. When I was eighteen the recruiting sergeant told me that many have fought and died to keep this country free – so I joined the Army. – Thomas Neubig

if we believe absurdities, we will commit atrocities or variations do not appear in any quotation book attributed to Voltaire or anybody else, or on Voltaire websites that I have checked.Quotations are more useful if they are pinned down to a particular work of an author. – NOT Voltaire

Words are like unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. – Samuel Beckett

And though I am a committed Christian, I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion, be you Hindu, Jewish or Muslim. I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior. – Stephen Colbert