On Courtesy

"Manners fit for a royal court cannot exist without an aristocracy."

-- Imam John

On Patriotism

"Patriotism is now the last refuge of the bugger."

-- Imam John

On Sin

"Sin is what everyone commits, but few admit."

-- Imam John

On Narcissism

"People who complain overmuch about narcissists resent the competition."

-- Imam John

On Compromise

"Death turns compromise into capitulation."

-- Imam John

On the Fourth Gospel

"The Fourth Gospel portrays a Jesus who is, simply, unparalleled."

-- Imam John

On Insanity

"You know you are insane if you've listened to Glenn Beck for fifteen minutes and you're not embarrassed yet."

-- Imam John

On the Lesson of the Log Cabin Republicans

"If you let in a bunch of pricks, eventually you'll get screwed."

-- Imam John

On The Theory of Evolution

"There is no other explanation for the existence of the Democrat Party than descent from the apes."

-- Imam John

ON TRADITION

"The development of a tradition is as unthinkable without some initial innovation as the progress of an innovation is apart from its regularization in one."
      -- Imam John

On The Rarity Of Wisdom

"That wisdom does not come naturally to the elderly any more than it does to anyone else is proven by the ubiquity of old fools."

-- Imam John

On The Supreme Court

"The Supremes aren't."

-- Imam John

On Intimacy

"If you talk about intimacy in public, it's not intimacy anymore."

-- Imam John