Steve Allen Quotes

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

"The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that philosophy is generally reasonable and high-minded or utterly bizarre and irrational - the powers of reason are s."
-Steve Allen in Philosophy quotes.

"In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders."
-Steve Allen in Society quotes.

"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."
-Steve Allen

"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."
-Steve Allen in Smoking quotes.

"The hair is real; it's the head that's fake."
-Steve Allen

"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."
-Steve Allen in Government quotes.

"Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized."
-Steve Allen in Patriotism quotes.