The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Lamar S. Smith on religion
It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country. Daniel Berrigan on religion
But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. Alfred de Vigny on religion
It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference. Norma McCorvey on religion
In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. Rupert Sheldrake on religion
I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two. Anjelica Huston on religion
Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. Rupert Sheldrake on religion
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy. Thomas Keneally on religion
I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life. Gene Robinson on religion
The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another. David O. Selznick on religion
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. Gene Robinson on religion
I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours. Tom Tancredo on religion
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion. Louise Mensch on religion
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. Daniel Bell on religion
I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one. Sheryl Lee on religion
I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema. Giovanni Ribisi on religion
The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. John Paul Stevens on religion
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Linda Chavez on religion
I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again. Mary Augusta Ward on religion
What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything? Abu Bakar Bashir on religion