Pope Quotes · Page 4

“If I was the pope, I'd've made Mrs. de Roo a saint. On the spot.”

— David Mitchell

The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

— Aga Khan IV

So far as English versification is concerned, Pope was the world, and all the world was Pope.

— H. P. Lovecraft

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.

— Martin Luther

I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.

— Richard Dawkins

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

— Conan O'Brien

The Pope doesn't believe in God; Did you ever see a conjurer who believed in Magic ?

— Coluche

I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.

— Anonymous

The greatest empiricists among us are only empiricists on reflection: when left to their instincts, they dogmatize like infallible popes.

— William James

Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation.…

— Kevin DeYoung

Pope Francis is going to go to Washington, D.C., to address Congress. He believes the New England Patriots have been deflating his…

— David Letterman

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

In Cuba, His Holiness [Pope Francis] won't find a government that protects its people and their God-given rights. Instead, he will find…

— Marco Rubio

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will…

— Pablo Picasso

Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a…

— Red Buttons

Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John…

— Chris Matthews

If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain,…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a…

— James Randi

Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme…

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini,…

— Camille Flammarion

Pope Francis has mentioned several times in public prior to 'Amoris Laetitia''s release that lack of work was keeping young people from…

— Anthea Butler

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a…

— Benjamin Smith

Once you have somebody that is telling you, 'We are interpreting God for you,' it seems like you either agree or you…

— Penn Jillette

The Pope should not flatter himself about his power nor should he rashly glory in his honor and high estate, because the…

— Pope Innocent III

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

— Otto von Bismarck

Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know.

— David Beckham

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

— Martin Luther

The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes.

— Thomas Huxley

The pope [Francis] knows that the marriage culture is in crisis throughout the world, and so is the family.

— George Weigel

I know that the pope's infallible, but that doesn't mean he can't make mistakes.

— Stephen Colbert

When has the pope ever questioned the faith of another private citizen?

— Donald Trump

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.

— Desiderius Erasmus

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

— Muriel Spark

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

— Aga Khan IV

And as for the Pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.

— Thomas Cranmer

I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.

— Mary Karr

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

— Donald Wuerl

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

— Peter O'Toole

Pope John Paul would be more popular if he called himself Pope John Paul George and Ringo.

— Paul Krassner

Has the pope questioned the faith of any communist leaders? He spends a lot of time in communist countries.

— Rush Limbaugh