Presbyterian Quotes
40 quotes by 31 authors
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That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question…
— Mark Twain
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I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers…
— John Templeton
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I have no quarrel with what I learned in the Presbyterian church - I am still an enthusiastic Christian. But why shouldn't I try to…
— John Templeton
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I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.
— Shelley Long
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I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much.
— Joan Van Ark
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However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years
— Brian De Palma
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It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual…
— Bruce McCall
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Paul points out that some say, 'I'm of Paul,' while others say, 'I'm of Apollos.' He asked, 'Isn't that carnal?' But what's the difference between…
— Chuck Smith
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Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.
— Daniel Harvey Hill
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I grew up Presbyterian. Presbyterians thought the Methodists were wrong. Catholics thought all Protestants were wrong. The Jews thought the Christians were wrong. So, what…
— John Templeton
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It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain…
— Mark Twain
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My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
— Mark Twain
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They are prepared for a God who strikes hard bargains but not for a God who gives as much for an hour's work as for…
— Frederick Buechner
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PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Lately... Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to originate inside the absolute…
— June Jordan
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I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious…
— Sally Quinn
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I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.
— Richard Ford
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I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was…
— Woody Harrelson
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I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.
— Patricia Heaton
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My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me…
— Tom Hiddleston
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