"While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesn't prove there's a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature."

"Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections."

"Who's to say that there is any more support for Freud's psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations?"

"Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.'"

"I had a high-flying career. Never wanted to get married. All I wanted to do was have some fun."

"I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money."

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money."

"We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?"