I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

We must respect other religions, even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. 13 January 1997.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid. PBS interview with David Frost (November 1995).

Religion has mostly proven to be a real-estate scam.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams — they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do — they all contain truths.

I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

For out of fear and need each religion is born, creeping into existence on the byways of reason.

What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. ... Islam is not a killer religion. ... Islam means peace, I couldn't just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem.

While I do believe in God, I do not believe in the same way as others, so I would prefer not to swear on the Bible. Being sworn in at his son's murder trial

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.

If I was a religious person, I'd be Roman Catholic, because if there is a God he must be Italian.

All good moral philosophy is but the handmaid to religion.

Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one's will over long periods of time — in the form of legislation, religions, and customs.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!) It has had such an incalculably huge effect on human affairs. What is it? What does it represent? Why have we invented it? How does it keep going? What will become of it? I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I've thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing.