Steve Allen Quotes

"Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Energy, Mystery, Physics)

"I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Mind, Now)

"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
(Related: People, Old, Punishment, states, Tomorrow, United)

"If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war."
- Steve Allen
(Related: War, God, Disgust)

"In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Society, Teachers, Want)

"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
(Related: Dogs, Smoking)

"One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Problems)

"Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Patriotism)

"The hair is real - it's the head that's a fake."
- Steve Allen
(Related: Hair)

"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
(Related: Government, Politicians)