Catholic Quotes · Page 36

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

— Clarence Darrow

I am 95% a theist and 5% an atheist; thus ultimately I am an agnostic.

— Kedar Joshi

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

— Peter Ustinov

In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief.

— Pete Townshend

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

— Peter O'Toole

I had gone to a Catholic prep school where everyone was rich and having kids by the time they were 30.

— Jay Duplass

I grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.

— Frank Moore Cross

Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.

— Mother Teresa

Growing up, I always saw the hypocrisy of the Catholic church. The history speaks for itself, and I grew incredibly frustrated and…

— Hozier

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

— Richard Chamberlain

You were part of a parish life. It was a great community to grow up in. I just was impressed by our…

— Donald Wuerl

Roman Catholics don't like when their religion is mocked. Christians don't like it. Jews don't like it. But this is what it…

— Pamela Geller

I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way.…

— Pete Postlethwaite

Every Catholic parliamentarian must vote according their well-formed conscience. I would say just this. I believe it is sufficient because - I…

— Pope Francis

When I was a player back in the 80s, Rangers didn't sign Catholic players. There was an enquiry when Graeme Souness took…

— Steve Clarke

“In moments when fever, agony, and pain make it hard to pray, the suggestion of prayer that comes from merely holding the…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“In my philosophy, I think churches should not argue and be greedy with money. I think different churches like the synagogues, mosques,…

— Simi Sunny

... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the…

— Mary McCarthy

To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils…

— Wolfe Tone

Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering…

— Aldous Huxley

I went to Catholic school for 12 years and went to church every Sunday. I may not do that anymore but I…

— Jennifer Lopez

In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the…

— Alphonsus Liguori

I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the…

— Diego Rivera

In her second career as a minister, my mother defied a legacy of chauvinism to become a leader of our community, overseeing…

— Stacey Abrams

It was the Baptists who preached a kind of Social Gospel that captured my attention and imagination.

— Raphael Warnock

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

— Jayne Meadows

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

— Lynn Johnston

Most people spend their life trying to get away from Catholicism. Amazingly, I chose it.

— Stephen Hough

And then my husband works every second weekend, sermons on Sunday, baptising on Saturdays, weddings.

— Sofia Helin

No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.

— Giles of Assisi

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home…

— Chely Wright

At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.

— Josemaria Escriva

I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.

— Sean Scully

Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.

— Therese of Lisieux

I became a Christian when I was 19, and it wasn't like I was raised with the church.

— Sonny Sandoval

My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.

— LeToya Luckett

Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.

— Pope Francis

I don't believe in God. I believe in man -- in his strength, his possibilities, and his reason.

— Gherman Titov

If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.

— John Vianney

I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday.

— Howard Dean