“It’s not religious fervor; it’s just a mean, very cruel streak.”

“Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.”

“He got his mean streak from the gutter
Got his kindness from God”

“We are cruel enough without meaning to be.”

“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”

“.. it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world… It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.”

“Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.”

“The meaning of religious truth is hope.”

“As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may be no more potent force than religion.”

“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”