Bishops Quotes · Page 4

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

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

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

— Lord Byron

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

— Saint John Chrysostom

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

— Henry D. Moyle

There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

— Pope Francis

"Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime," implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own…

— Robert M. Price

And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop…

— George Orwell

A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I never knew what it was to crave a woman’s touch. Or to hunger for a woman’s kiss.” “And now you do?”…

— Anonymous

Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.

— P. G. Wodehouse

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

— John Lennon

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

— Bertrand Russell

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

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

If you listen to the Catholic bishops you would think that Catholics are against contraception and legal abortion, but if you ask…

— Gloria Steinem

We really want to send the message that commanders need to understand and be accountable. We saw that with the Catholic Church.…

— Amy Ziering

If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange…

— J. C. Ryle

When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a…

— Ashot Nadanian

Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just,…

— Alexander Pope

The question before the human race is, Whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether…

— John Adams

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

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

— Peter Hollingworth

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

— John Sandford

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

— James Martineau

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

My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last.

— Francis Asbury

That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.

— Victor Hugo

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun.

— Anonymous

We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.

— Pope Francis

“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.”

— Victor Hugo

God is love, the bishops tell. Yes, I know, But love is hell.

— T. H. White

The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.

— Victor Hugo

It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.

— Christoph Schonborn

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

— Priest Holmes