This idea is fraught with peril, and I fear that my…

There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation…

— Susan Jacoby

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast.

— Walter Winchell

I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of…

— Frederick Buechner

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

— Tess Gerritsen

I think the public is very reluctant to get involved in more foreign wars, especially in the Middle East. And they understand, implicitly, that…

— Michael Klare

For me, I don't have a publicist. I don't want to talk about my personal life. I don't want to talk about my process.…

— Debi Mazar

What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be…

— George Bernard Shaw

Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put…

— Margaret Thatcher

I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go…

— Rand Paul

Ted Cruz who's been gaining on [Donald] Trump in Iowa and is polling ahead of him in the latest Monmouth poll would be quite…

— Chris Hayes

I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a…

— Ellen Page

Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

— Edmund White

I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do.

— David Ogilvy

For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing…

— Alan Cumming