Catholic Quotes · Page 54

I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.

— Natasha Leggero

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church.

— Allen Ginsberg

An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

— Charles Darwin

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie.

— Jimmy Fallon

We went to Baptist church as a family, and that took up so many nights a week.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.

— Meghan O'Rourke

When I was 12 in the church, I started packin' that metal.

— Ghostface Killah

I'm not a religious person; I'm not even, like, a spiritual person.

— Tig Notaro

I think the people can bash Catholics because they know Catholics won't kill them. Quite frankly, there's some religions out there, you…

— Dennis Miller

The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or…

— James McGreevey

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the…

— Paul Kantner

I come from a Catholic Republican military family in Georgia - the antithesis of Sean's hippie-artist-peacenik background.

— Kemp Muhl

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite…

— Keanu Reeves

“The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never…

— The Catholic Church

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast…

— Fulton J. Sheen

It constantly amazes me that men and women wander the earth marveling at the highest mountains, the deepest ocean, the whitest sands,…

— Matthew Kelly

What single organization has done more for the orphan than the Catholic Church? What one, through hospital and asylum, more for the…

— David Josiah Brewer

I was raised Catholic,I took from that was a sense of theater and drama, and also the idea that there were truths…

— George Saunders

I came to America at the age of 17 as an exchange student, and a year later, I was a student at…

— Dinesh D'Souza

A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were…

— Pope Benedict XVI

To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was…

— Nat Turner

The Germans take quite a knock for the holocaust, but the Catholic church manages to push more people into death, disease, and…

— Terence McKenna

I am not sure but I should betake myself in extremities to the liberal divinities of Greece, rather than to my country's…

— Henry David Thoreau

I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.

— Anne Rice

Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric!

— Johnny Vegas

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

— Imelda Staunton

With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men. -Ephesians 6:7 Ephesians 2:4-5

— Bible

There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint.

— Leon Bloy

You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road.

— John Deacon

My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.

— Manolo Blahnik

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

— Iris DeMent

I myself am not religious, but yes, I certainly grew up in a very Catholic environment.

— Patrick Collison

You have to say no to something else, in order to make time to pray.

— Peter Kreeft

I'm very religious. I believe that things happen, and you have to go along with them.

— Debbie Reynolds

No one can be, at the same time, a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.

— Pope Pius XI

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.

— Frances Wright

For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.

— Therese of Lisieux

God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?

— Pope John Paul II

The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.

— Elizabeth Ann Seton