Catholic Quotes · Page 40

“... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

— Elizabeth George

I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.

— James Taylor

I don't believe in God. So I'm a non-believer in the non-visible. I'm a believer in us; in humans.

— Eddie Izzard

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? -Mark 8:36

— Bible

I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

— Francesca Annis

Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.

— Saint Augustine

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.

— Andrew Greeley

It was in that bubble after Vatican II when it seemed like the best time ever to grow up Catholic. It was…

— Rob Sheffield

Yet for all that, there is nothing in me of a founder ofa religionreligions are affairs of the rabble; I find it…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of…

— Kristen Schaal

I always dug the stuff like the covered dish suppers because I could feel the fun and the joy of what church…

— Edi Patterson

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the…

— Pope Francis

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“My grandmother's idea of a mixed marriage is a Methodist who marries a Baptist. Although she'd never admit it, in her heart,…

— L. King Perez

When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to…

— Peter Ackroyd

I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a…

— Nic Pizzolatto

Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some…

— Godfried Danneels

It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways…

— Katharine Drexel

For one thing, the Catholic Church in particular has this one thing - confession - in which you could go, confess to…

— Susan Jacoby

Each of you knows that the foundation of our faith is charity. Without it, our religion would crumble. We will never be…

— Pier Giorgio Frassati

Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.…

— Kirk Hammett

The Catholic Church spends a lot of time in very poor countries trying to recruit and spread the Gospel. Let me put…

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm not Catholic. I don't believe in God. But at the same time, I'm obsessed by the sacred, by spirituality. The question…

— Bruno Dumont

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

— Brendan Behan

It's in our blind trust that love will find us, just like it has before.

— Emily Saliers

So many limits in Catholic high school! I'm not a bad Catholic, but everything was off-limits.

— Ryan Eggold

I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all-seeing Eye.

— Oswald Chambers

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow.

— George Carlin

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

— Ken Kesey

I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.

— Parker Posey

That's not to say that I'm a well-informed Catholic. I'm still in idiot.

— Jim Gaffigan

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

— Marvin Olasky

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

— Nic Pizzolatto

We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips.

— Peter Claver

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

— John Cusack

I hold religious tendencies, but I'm not devout by any means.

— Anderson East

I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.

— Sally Quinn