Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“That God is in truth the sort of bloodthirsty paranoid Who would rend to bits forty-two children for the crime of sassing… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is only by hearsay (by word of mouth passed down from generation to generation) that whole peoples adore the God of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty; and it is certain, that this steady conduct of theirs… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I will choose what enters me, what becomes flesh of my flesh. Without choice, no politics, no ethics lives. I am not… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, "It's a sin for you… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
I became an altar boy because of the solemn face, but I got thrown out at fourteen for laughing. Because the priest… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
God is alive. He has created every one of us, and he knows us all. He is so great that He has… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
What I'm doing here is pointing out an irony: Here you have an institution that has systematically protected pedophile priests and then… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be a prosperous pastor one needs: (1) a bible (2) a tailored suit; and (3) a few psychology books.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Celibacy doesn't make you enlightened, otherwise every nun or priest in Buddhism or Christianity would be enlightened. People who don't date and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution is impossible. At base, in spirit of appearances, no one any longer believes in it... Evolution is a… — Paul Lemoine Copy Share Image
“In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns on the heads of thieves, called kings.” — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of… — Paul Claudel Copy Share Image
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
What do you think spies are: priests, saints and martyrs? They're a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The Irish innovation was to make all confession a completely private affair between penitent and priest - and to make it as… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
