Quotes from Ronald Knox

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever about Thee.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says "Behold, I make all things new.

Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.