Steve Allen Quotes

Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That`s how I lost my mind.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

The hair is real - it`s the head that`s a fake.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

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

Asthma doesn`t seem to bother me any more unless I`m around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

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