Bishops Quotes · Page 4

The bishop is a lot like me...just when you think you have me, I'm already behind you.

— Priest Holmes

Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed.

— Henry D. Moyle

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

— Saint John Chrysostom

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the…

— James Martineau

British Beatitudes! ... Beer, beef, business, bibles, bulldogs, battleships, buggery and bishops.

— James Joyce

Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.

— Pope Francis

Catholics don't scream about Jesus, they scream about the bishop.

— John Sandford

There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.

— Peter Hollingworth

Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either…

— George Bernard Shaw

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

— David Blunkett

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble.…

— Bertrand Russell

Everybody's talking about ministers, sinisters, banisters, and canisters, bishops, fishops, rabbis, and popeyes, bye-bye, bye-byes.

— John Lennon

The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it…

— Samuel Reshevsky

Gandhi or Bishop Tutu or the Dalai Lama. I think they're really embodiments of what we aspire to and, by keeping them…

— Pico Iyer

When a bishop at the first shot abandons the worship of Christ and rallies his flock round the altar of Mars, he…

— George Bernard Shaw

There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make…

— Gene Robinson

Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage…

— Pope Francis

There has to be spiritual transformation among the masses, who have to be willing to recognize that their oppression is not a…

— Noam Chomsky

The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often…

— Jerry Pournelle

One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal…

— Dan Barker

For me, actually, being a bishop in a bishopric where there's an academic tradition gives me this fascinating, challenging, but open invitation…

— N. T. Wright

You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him…

— Mark Lawrence

For instance, there are many mainstream Reformed theologians that deny the doctrine of "limited" atonement (the "L" in TULIP, the acrostic for…

— Oliver D. Crisp

It's a wonderful feeling to have a niece like you Because you are always so dear You are so dear no matter…

— George Orwell

Troubadours have always been more important and influential than theologians and bishops

— Brennan Manning

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

— J. C. Ryle

Well, I hope your hard self enjoys flogging the bishop tonight!

— Jeaniene Frost

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

— Terry Pratchett

Let's be clear, I'm one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England.

— Justin Welby

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

— Pope Francis

When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.

— Lord Byron

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

— Raymond Chandler

Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.

— Jacob Aagaard

If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being…

— Pope Francis

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.

— Glenn Beck

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.

— Howard Staunton

Harness the fire hidden in The Eucharist to bring about a true brotherhood and unity.

— Jaime Sin

Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves.

— Julian Assange

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry…

— Sydney Smith

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.

— Siegbert Tarrasch