Celibacy Quotes

64 quotes by 47 authors

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and… — Penelope Cruz
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner… — Pope John Paul II
Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their… — Timothy Radcliffe
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan
A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in… — Jeremy Taylor
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. — Samuel Johnson
Yes, but Iâ€™ve already made my fortune in other things. (Solin) Such as? (Geary) Viagra. My brother learned to take a personal problem and profit… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Good God. I donâ€™t believe St. Vincent and the word â€˜celibacyâ€™ have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before. — Lisa Kleypas
(The tree bend over. Suddenly, a hiss and a meow sounded an instant before two cats darted off across the backyard.) Look, Lanie, itâ€™s Mr.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's cooler to be strong. — Lady Gaga
With his fantastic mane of multicoloured hair, Phury should have been in Hollywood's league with the ladies, but he'd stuck with his vow of celibacy.… — J R Ward
But on top of all that, the feelings about Princess, I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my feeling that lust… — Jack Kerouac
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. — Thomas Love Peacock
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners… — Robert Rainy
You know, in some ways, the celibacy tradition goes back to the tribe of Levi and, certainly, sacrifice and the notion of sacrifice. In the… — Vincent Nichols
Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity; but… — Jeremy Taylor
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. — Jane Austen
Im single right now and Ive chosen to be single because I dont have the time to get to know anybody. So its okay not… — Lady Gaga
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives. — Roger Lewis

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