"The stem of greatness sprouts from the seed of sacrifice."

“You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!”

“If Jesus is not God, then there is no Christianity, and we who worship Him are nothing more than idolaters. Conversely, if He is God, those who say He was merely a good man, or even the best of men, are blasphemers. More serious still, if He is not God, then He is a blasphemer in the fullest sense of the word. If He is not God, He is not even good.”

“The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.”

“The idea (for the painting 'Room in New York', 1932, ed.) had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along city streets at night, probably near the district where I live (Washington Square, New York, fh) although it's no particular street or house, but is really a synthesis of many impressions.”

“God's existence needs to be established independently before he can be brought into account for causation; it cannot be assumed at the start.”

Source : S. T. Joshi (2003). “God's Defenders: What They Believe and why They are Wrong : William James, C.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, William F. Buckley, Jerry Fallwell, Annie Dillard, C.S. Lewis”, Pyr Books

“I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.”

“I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.”

“The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.”