Bishop Quotes

128 quotes by 98 authors

Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost. — Yuri Razuvaev
All I can say is Bishop Jakes would not currently accept the designation of Prosperity Preacher or Word of Faith Preacher as an accurate description… — James MacDonald
It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade kids in Spring… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
And now I would like to give the blessing, but first - first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop blesses his people,… — Pope Francis
See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the… — Ignatius of Antioch
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church — Ignatius of Antioch
What I like about gluttony, a bishop I knew used to say, is that it doesnt hurt anyone else. — Monica Furlong
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, â€œthe Church which presides in charityâ€, is communion with… — Pope Francis
It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in… — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned. — Siegbert Tarrasch
Bishop on "At the Fishhouses"At the last minute, after I'd had a chance to do a little research in Cape Breton, I foundI'd said codfish… — Elizabeth Bishop
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not uncomfortable… — Samuel Reshevsky
In 1650 Bishop Ussher dated the creation from the genealogy given in the Bible at 4004 B.C.; for a long time (even for some people… — Leigh Page
I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the… — Thom Gunn
A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable… — Mark Twain
Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous. The local bishop should be… — Godfried Danneels
Our real calling to be a compassionate Christian came when we stepped out of the waters of baptismâ€¦ We donâ€™t need a bishopâ€™s assignment to… — Chieko N. Okazaki
Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or… — Michael Novak
Justice has its anger, my lord Bishop, and the wrath of justice is an element of progress. Whatever else may be said of it, the… — Victor Hugo
And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a… — George Orwell

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