Catholic Quotes
1306 Catholic quotes by 675 unique authors
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I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.
— Conor Oberst
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I was nerdy girl who went to Catholic school and wanted to be an engineer. I was all set to attend the Illinois Institute of…
— Cindy Morgan
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I was brought up Catholic, and even as a little girl I was affected by the idea of giving back - doing something for the…
— Joan Ganz Cooney
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I went to a Catholic school, so of course we had to wear uniforms. My only form of expression was in shoes and the style…
— Camille Guaty
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Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back.
— Janine di Giovanni
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I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade union organizer and,…
— Bob Gunton
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I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.
— Brian Dennehy
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The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic…
— Jon Voight
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I was raised Catholic... I fell in love with certain ideals.
— Jon Voight
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In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma had…
— Colm Toibin
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The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century, it was solemnly…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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My Catholic faith is my life. Any artist, if he is to be faithful to how he perceives the world and to the nature of…
— Michael O'Brien
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It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be engaged in the…
— Michael O'Brien
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I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest…
— Regina Brett
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a…
— Ursula Burns
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I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie.
— Jimmy Fallon
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Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong…
— Eugene Cernan
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In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like that,…
— Robert Crumb
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I was raised Catholic and I went to church until I was 16. I went through a phase when I was 15 of being quite…
— Robert Crumb
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
— Samora Machel
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I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.
— Mike Birbiglia
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I come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner.
— Juanes
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Through the confessional system, the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could not speak Latin…
— Julian Assange
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
— Francesca Annis
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I took Latin and Spanish. I can speak a very small amount of Spanish, but Latin has sort of gone away! Unless I was joining…
— Madeline Zima
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