Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. Frances Wright
I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again. Dee Dee Ramone
What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion. Geraldine Ferraro
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. Felix Adler
Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. Felix Adler
Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue. Pam Grier
The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing. Abel Ferrara
It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. Pete Sampras
God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. Robert South
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena. Nikki Haley
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies. Irvine Welsh
I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion. Sarah Silverman
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. Hal Holbrook
Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are. William Barclay
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold
I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. Dave Davies
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion. Bill Keller
The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people. Peter King