Ronald Knox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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