Catholic Quotes · Page 60

I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.

— Varg Vikernes

I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

— J. C. Chandor

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.

— Moby

I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.

— John Densmore

I was born a Roman Catholic but had never tried to read the Bible. Now, I ensure that I read it completely.

— Johnny Lever

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious.

— Julie Burchill

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.

— David Thewlis

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with…

— Amar'e Stoudemire

“The chief sources of sin are seven: Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth; and they are commonly called capital sins.”

— Plenary Councils of Baltimore

For better or worse, US Keynesianism was so far ahead of where it started. I am a cafeteria Keynesian. You know what…

— Paul Samuelson

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the…

— Sting

I was raised Greek Orthodox, baptized Greek Orthodox, but later transitioned to Roman Catholic, when we moved from New York City to…

— Jonathan Roumie

I would sit in the back at church every Sunday trying to hide, and just when I thought I'd gotten through the…

— Brooke Valentine

I'm a Catholic, and not because I just happened to wake up as a Catholic. I'm not going to be persuaded on…

— Chael Sonnen

What stood me in good stead was my upbringing. I had a musician father, a very religious mother who totally supported us.…

— Suzi Quatro

If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their…

— Josephine Bakhita

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha,…

— Ron Shelton

One of the very first poems I wrote was Docker That fist would drop a hammer on a Catholic and one of…

— Seamus Heaney

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe…

— Michael Baumgartner

“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes…

— Teresa of Ávila

This may sound pernickety but I wouldn't describe myself as an evangelical. These are labels, which I don't think are helpful. If…

— Nicky Gumbel

One of the reasons they didn't go to Bosnia, bin Laden has explained extensively, was because they couldn't establish a base anywhere.…

— Michael Scheuer

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

— St. Jerome

I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.

— Broderick Crawford

I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.

— Jenna Morasca

I didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

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

— Ghostface Killah

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

— Meghan O'Rourke

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

— Corinne Bailey Rae

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

— Jimmy Fallon

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 think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.

— Damien Hirst

It is easier to live as a Protestant, but better to die as a Catholic.

— Martin Luther

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

— Anonymous

I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

— Natalie Massenet

The Catholic Church is wealthier than Coca-Cola, but takes from some of the poorest people in the world.

— Douglas Henshall