--- title: "1 Crimes Committed Quotes By Tom T. Hall" description: "1 Crimes Committed quotes by Tom T. Hall. Plus more from Tom T. Hall and more Crimes Committed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/tom-t-hall-13734_committed_religion-is-a-strange-wonderful-thing-mo_1286314.png" --- > [Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/religion-is-a-strange-wonderful-thing-more-crimes-have-been-committed/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/tom-t-hall-13734_committed_religion-is-a-strange-wonderful-thing-mo_1286314.png) ## More by Tom T. Hall > [A song is a poem set to music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/a-song-is-a-poem-set-to-music/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/a-monkey-was-the-president-though-maybe-not-the-first-and-there-was/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/i-ve-been-polite-and-i-ve-always-shown-up-somebody-asked-me-if-i-had/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [It used to be that youd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/it-used-to-be-that-youd-have-a-song-recorded-by-a-major-country/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [“Ain't but three things in this world worth a solitary dime/ But old dogs, children, and watermelon wine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/ain-t-but-three-things-in-this-world-worth-a-solitary-dime-but-old/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/sinclair-lewis-was-asked-one-time-to-give-a-talk-to-class-of-students/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/i-have-my-own-religion-i-m-sort-of-one-quarter-baptist-one-quarter/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/songwriting-is-as-much-a-craft-as-a-talent/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/i-think-the-nature-of-songwriters-is-that-they-are-philosophers-and/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [ When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that \[Kris Kristofferson and I\] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/when-i-first-got-to-nashville-somebody-said-that-kris-kristofferson/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/faulkner-was-almost-oriental-i-never-got-into-faulkner/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/i-have-had-hundreds-of-people-work-for-me-over-the-years-and-i-don-t/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I had for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/i-knew-a-lot-of-chords-but-they-weren-t-the-chords-that-came-with-the/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/when-you-retire-it-s-a-place-in-life-a-part-of-the-journey-you-just/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) > [If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/if-barbara-walters-was-interviewing-me-i-d-figure-her-career-was-as/) [Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crimes-committed/tom-t-hall/#itemlist", "name": "1 Crimes Committed Quotes By Tom T. Hall", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. 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