About Ronald Knox: Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was an English priest, theologian and author of detective stories. He was also a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio.
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
