Quotes by : Steve Allen

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’....

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the....

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the....

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they....

If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they....

I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies....

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.