"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men."

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

"It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode."

"Wisdom principle 46 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."

"When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that book than any other I've written in the past 30 years."

"You have to look at history as an evolution of society."

"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."

"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past."