Catholic Quotes · Page 37

My whole world up until punk was this total repressed Catholic lifestyle.

— Charlotte Caffey

My parents are both scientists, and I was raised without god.

— Sheila Heti

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

— Richard Pryor

I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.

— Robin Wright

I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion.

— Matt Dillon

Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.

— Pope John Paul II

I came from a religious, homeschooled background; I had conventional views across the board.

— Ben Domenech

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I was brought up Catholic, and even as a little girl I was affected by the idea of giving back - doing…

— Joan Ganz Cooney

It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the…

— Pope John Paul II

Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.

— Arianna Huffington

My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a…

— Arsenio Hall

I think if somebody does something stupid, it's okay to make fun of them, but [celebrities] have also gotten very conscious about…

— Margaret Cho

I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always…

— John O'Donohue

If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands…

— John Shelby Spong

Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very…

— Andy Griffith

I was raised in a wonderful family of faith. It was church on Sunday morning and grace before dinner, but my Christian…

— Mike Pence

I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness,…

— Ursula Burns

In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God ...…

— Charles Darwin

I was kind of feeling a spiritual need all those years. My wife Geraldine and I went to an Episcopalian Church for…

— Robert Novak

Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in…

— Regina Brett

There's an element of realism to it. I immersed myself more in the subject as a young adult. Then I started to…

— Ralph Sarchie

I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of…

— Michele Bachmann

American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities,…

— Pope Francis

Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.

— Josemaria Escriva

“I don't believe in God, I only believe in Al Pacino, and that's the truth.”

— Javier Bardem

I don't believe in predestination - except for genetic predilections.

— Joyce Carol Oates

The Catholic Church played an integral role in supporting the opening between the U.S. and Cuban governments.

— Ben Rhodes

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

— Frederik Pohl

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I go to a Catholic school and I'm telling you: invisibility = eternal damnation. You can take it to the bank.

— Patrick Carman

I went to Catholic school. Do as you're told; don't ask questions and you will be illuminated.

— Katherine Helmond

There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.

— Thomas Aquinas

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

— Debby Boone

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.

— Jane Seymour

In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.

— Pope John Paul II

If there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign!

— Sinead O'Connor

“I WAS AN ATHEIST UNTIL I REALIZED I WAS GOD. —BUMPER STICKER”

— Darynda Jones

We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.

— Pope Francis

I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family.

— Wendy Long