A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night. – Thomas Macaulay
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Daltons, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. – Charles Babbage
I was a Christian. I didnt want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26. – Jimmy Carr