Pope Quotes

294 Pope quotes by 219 unique authors

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. — Olusegun Obasanjo
Pope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo the Reformation. The Anglican Church… — Peter Slipper
Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of… — J. Irwin Miller
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great… — William Manchester
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge… — Tobias Smollett
I only ask in all kindness that the man who wishes at this time to have my books will by no means let them be… — Martin Luther
Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain these… — Oliver Ellsworth
When you hear voices in your head that tell you to shoot the pope, do you do what they say? Same thing goes for customers… — Linus Torvalds
Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church… — Charles Hodge
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the… — Carl Bernstein
John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a… — Carl Bernstein
When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap… — Peter Ackroyd
Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope. — Lou Reed
Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century. — Mike Ferguson
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at… — Ezra Heywood
The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build. — Philip Johnson
If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble… — Pierre Daninos
The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes. — Thomas Huxley
The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions… — Thomas Dubay
Zen has no theory. It is a non-theoretical approach into reality. It has no doctrine and no dogma - hence it has no church, no… — Rajneesh
The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite. — Grover Cleveland
I know that the pope's infallible, but that doesn't mean he can't make mistakes. — Stephen Colbert
I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege,… — Cary Elwes
It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who… — Mohammad Khatami
We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul… — Mahmoud Abbas

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