- Karin, Dave's Wife: Some people think Davey was anti-religion, and actually he wasn't. He had a huge respect for religions. But what he didn't like was being told what to think - he didn't like brainwashing. And he didn't like a sort of prescribed guilt.
- [from a "sit-down" monologue in one of his shows]
- Dave Allen: I wonder what my epitaph will be? Here lies Dave Allen, a comedy fool / Who drank and told gags, as he sat on his stool. / His last words on earth, the atheist wretch / "Time for religion, here is a sketch".