--- title: "16 Interested Religion Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Interested Religion quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Interested Religion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/russell-crowe-3564_kid_from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested_2085074.jpg" --- > [From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested-in-religion/) [Russell Crowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-crowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/russell-crowe-3564_kid_from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested_2085074.jpg) > [I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-radcliffe/i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-something-to-study-but-i-m-not-a/) [Daniel Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-radcliffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-radcliffe-919_catholic_i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-somet_2461214.jpg) > [I'm interested in God. I'm not interested in religion for religion's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-interested-in-god-i-m-not-interested-in-religion-for-religion-s/) [Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/ezra-furman-4439_god_i-m-interested-in-god-i-m-not-interested_1026954.jpg) > [I am not so interested in religion or dogma of any kind. It is too restrictive for me, too organizational, too hierarchical,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-am-not-so-interested-in-religion-or-dogma-of-any-kind-it-is-too/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/terry-tempest-williams-835_catholic_i-am-not-so-interested-in-religion-or-do_897549.png) > [I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-not-a-religious-person-and-i-m-not-too-interested-in-being-a-part/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/ian-mackaye-3369_catholic_i-m-not-a-religious-person-and-i-m-not-t_833074.png) > [I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smith/i-have-always-been-interested-in-religion-especially-in-forms-of/) [Lee Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/lee-smith-15392_always_i-have-always-been-interested-in-religio_232697.jpg) > [“Few people are interested in a religion that has nothing to say to the world and offers them only life after death,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/few-people-are-interested-in-a-religion-that-has-nothing-to-say-to/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/shane-claiborne-960_christianity_few-people-are-interested-in-a-religion_1151082.png) > [I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-certainly-not-interested-in-religion-for-religion-s-sake-or-for/) [Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/ezra-furman-4439_force_i-m-certainly-not-interested-in-religion_1369136.jpg) > [“Only normal that man should no longer be interested in religion but in religions, for only through them will he be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-m-cioran/only-normal-that-man-should-no-longer-be-interested-in-religion-but/) [Emil M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-m-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/emil-m-cioran-2951_religion_only-normal-that-man-should-no-longer-be_1398917.jpg) > [ Now, we know this is what \[H.P.\] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laffoley/now-we-know-this-is-what-h-p-lovecraft-was-into-because-he-kept/) [Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laffoley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/paul-laffoley-7077_heaven_now-we-know-this-is-what-h-p-lovecraft-w_2029774.jpg) > [Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-hartley/though-i-m-not-religious-i-am-interested-in-religion-i-read-a-lot-of/) [Hal Hartley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-hartley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/hal-hartley-29660_certain_though-i-m-not-religious-i-am-interested_2157854.jpg) > [I do not know what got me interested in technology. What was very clear to me very early on was that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinod-khosla/i-do-not-know-what-got-me-interested-in-technology-what-was-very/) [Vinod Khosla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinod-khosla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/vinod-khosla-5401_believe_i-do-not-know-what-got-me-interested-in_1037953.png) > [I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-m-very-interested-in-religion-and-different-religions-and-i-know/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/nick-lowe-9853_believe_i-m-very-interested-in-religion-and-diff_1321156.jpg) > [I mean, I went to a church school when I was younger and imbibed a certain amount of religion then but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-mean-i-went-to-a-church-school-when-i-was-younger-and-imbibed-a/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/tony-blair-812_amount_i-mean-i-went-to-a-church-school-when-i_3129882.jpg) > [You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/you-can-t-write-about-the-past-and-ignore-religion-it-was-such-a/) [Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/geraldine-brooks-1324_capacity_you-can-t-write-about-the-past-and-ignor_1705534.jpg) > [“My interest in Sufism began when I was a college student. At the time, I was a rebellious young woman who liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/my-interest-in-sufism-began-when-i-was-a-college-student-at-the-time/) [Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/elif-shafak-1594_change_my-interest-in-sufism-began-when-i-was-a_600153.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-religion/#itemlist", "name": "Interested Religion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Russell Crowe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested-in-religion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/russell-crowe-3564_kid_from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested_2085074.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/russell-crowe-3564_kid_from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested_2085074.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/russell-crowe-3564_kid_from-a-young-kid-i-was-quite-interested_2085074.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.” — Russell Crowe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Radcliffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-radcliffe/i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-something-to-study-but-i-m-not-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-radcliffe-919_catholic_i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-somet_2461214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-radcliffe-919_catholic_i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-somet_2461214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-radcliffe-919_catholic_i-m-very-interested-in-religion-as-somet_2461214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.” — Daniel Radcliffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm interested in God. 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