I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
“The nuns taught us there were two ways through life - the way of nature and the way of grace. You have… — Terrence Malick Copy Share Image
“You see, you and I are the only people here who walk quite quietly and peaceably on solid ground. The nuns walk… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'd go grocery-shopping with my parents and the old-school nuns would be there collecting money. It freaked me out. — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
“Christian women also, at one time, covered their heads—not just nuns but all women when they entered churches, until quite recently.” — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“At St. Bernardine’s the nuns never liked me. Especially Sister Mary Bitch-and-a-Half. I think that was her biblical name.” — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence began working like real nuns, raising money for the sick at church bingos and organizing a charity… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
“The habits of Franciscan nuns still shrouded all but their faces, and so each of the new nun's features were emphasized, read… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I loved nuns when I was growing up. I thought they were beautiful. For several years I wanted to be a nun.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was… — C. C. H. Pounder Copy Share Image
We were kept at work, and permitted to speak with each other only on such subjects as related to the Convent, and… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
“Her posture was as impeccable as any debutante, making me wonder if the nuns wore corsets under those voluminous black habits. I… — Anna Lee Huber Copy Share Image
Nuns? They'd take one look at Barrons and decide the devil himself had come knockng. He not only looked dangerous, he emanated… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Girls need to know they can break the rules. If the nuns had told me that, I could have saved twenty years.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
It's an oversimplication to say that more monks and nuns are the answer to the Joel Osteen-ification of Christianity... but it wouldn't… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
The nuns taught me that the best thing you can do in life when things get difficult is to work. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I don't think that necessarily I was encouraged by the nuns and the priest to consider alternate possibilities to the universe. — William Mapother Copy Share Image
Here in Florida the seasons move in and out like nuns in soft clothing, making no rustle in their passing. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
There are women who love their husbands as blindly, as enthusiastically, and as enigmatically as nuns their cloister. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
I was educated by the nuns. Guilt and discipline combine those and you'll be pretty productive. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Strange, don’t you think, that nuns and monks make the most sensual food and drink?” — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“She was tall and dark-skinned and looked like a Nigerian sculpture. She moved like a lioness, her every step bristling with suppressed… — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
“Moving the kids was not a good idea, but I sure wanted to see nuns in monster trucks plowing their way through… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum,… — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
“Did you know you can date nuns now?” “No. Really?” “Yes, as long as you don’t get into the habit.” — Charles Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around. — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
What nuns don't realize is that they look better in nun clothes than J.C. Penney pantsuits. — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. — Meg Tilly Copy Share Image
Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. After a while,… — Meg Tilly Copy Share Image
