Dean Inge

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

I've always been baffled by critics of the CIA, who are horrified that it does illegal things. That is the purpose of an intelligence service: to perform illegal acts.