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There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.

I don't think we should focus on what church that person walks into .. I think we need to focus on what they do when they walk out of church.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys.

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience.

The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.

Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.