Priests Quotes

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It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator… — H. L. Mencken
The man who has lived his life totally, intensely, passionately, without any fear - without any fear that has been created in you by the… — Rajneesh
The Church worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witches, and… — Mark Twain
From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations… — Woodrow Wilson
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man. — H. L. Mencken
But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed - a compass, not a weathercock. — Aldous Huxley
Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you;… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Not our logical faculty, but our imaginative one is king over us. I might say, priest and prophet to lead us to heaven-ward, or magician… — Thomas Carlyle
I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe. — Chiwetel Ejiofor
It was peace. Peace is when you would shake the hands of the people around you. And you knew peace was coming because the priest… — Dane Cook
In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests — Max von Sydow
You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest. — Walter Matthau
I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and rabbis and mullahs… — Steven Van Zandt
I remember that the priest finally said to me, 'You wouldn't like to have a religion that makes things easy for you.' Now I know… — Don Adams
I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest. — Peter Jurasik
Christians â€“ whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever â€“ have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of… — Patricia Heaton
I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest. — Broderick Crawford
Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be... not really very admirable.… — Charlton Heston
Nowas you all know, this week, Pope Benedict told Vatican Radioâ€”you know, Vatican Radio, playing the hits from the 8th century, 9th century and todayâ€”Benedict… — Bill Maher

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