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title: "10 Like Catholic Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Like Catholic quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Like Catholic sayings and thoughts."
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> [With a name like that, he must be Catholic, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-hochberg/with-a-name-like-that-he-must-be-catholic-right/)

[Burt Hochberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-hochberg/)

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> [You should invest like a Catholic marries: for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/you-should-invest-like-a-catholic-marries-for-life/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/warren-buffett-183_catholic_you-should-invest-like-a-catholic-marrie_1386433.png)

> [The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giraudoux/the-theatre-is-like-a-catholic-mass-of-language/)

[Jean Giraudoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giraudoux/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/jean-giraudoux-7998_catholic_the-theatre-is-like-a-catholic-mass-of-l_1834967.jpg)

> [I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-was-raised-as-a-catholic-but-i-didn-t-like-the-catholic-church-at/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

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> [Like most Catholic boys, I wanted to be Jesus Christ. I could never get the turn-the-other-cheek thing down, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-carrey/like-most-catholic-boys-i-wanted-to-be-jesus-christ-i-could-never-get/)

[Jim Carrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-carrey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/jim-carrey-1172_boys_like-most-catholic-boys-i-wanted-to-be-j_2326477.jpg)

> [Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/being-a-pop-fan-is-a-lot-like-catholic-devotion-lots-of-ritual-lots/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/rob-sheffield-1368_agony_being-a-pop-fan-is-a-lot-like-catholic-d_701582.png)

> [Yeah, I mean, having been raised like a Catholic, I have a sort of sympathy for religion, in that I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/declan-mckenna/yeah-i-mean-having-been-raised-like-a-catholic-i-have-a-sort-of/)

[Declan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/declan-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/declan-mckenna-5579_bad_yeah-i-mean-having-been-raised-like-a-ca_2010765.jpg)

> [If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-greeley/if-we-get-you-in-the-early-years-of-your-life-and-we-fill-your-head/)

[Andrew Greeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-greeley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/andrew-greeley-14152_catholic_if-we-get-you-in-the-early-years-of-your_1971765.png)

> [“My friend enjoys his lashings like a Catholic schoolboy being flogged with priestly anal beads covered in wet dung. He takes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-gairbay/my-friend-enjoys-his-lashings-like-a-catholic-schoolboy-being-flogged/)

[Amber Gairbay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-gairbay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/amber-gairbay-218446_friendship_my-friend-enjoys-his-lashings-like-a-cat_3203212.jpg)

> [“I haven't lost my faith, but I've lost my religion. I still believe in something so deeply. ... I've never really gotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/i-haven-t-lost-my-faith-but-i-ve-lost-my-religion-i-still-believe-in/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/anna-quindlen-467_faith_i-haven-t-lost-my-faith-but-i-ve-lost-my_2241471.jpg)

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