Priests Quotes

634 Priests quotes by 441 unique authors

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun. — Richard Cushing
In times of death and famine, reason is on the side of the priests-who have their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and,… — Jean Giraudoux
In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the… — Thomas Carlyle
No man may be so cursed by priest or pope but what the Eternal Love may still return while any thread of green lives on… — Dante Alighieri
Hell is paved with priests' skulls. — Saint John Chrysostom
Did man e'er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive? — James Russell Lowell
Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. — George Santayana
Civil servants and priests, soldiers and ballet-dancers, schoolmasters and police constables, Greek museums and Gothic steeples, civil list and services list -- the common seed… — Karl Marx
But now I see well the old proverb is true: That parish priest forgetteth that ever he was a clerk! — John Heywood
The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then… — Orson Scott Card
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel
When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest. — Karl Kraus
Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands… — Neil Postman
I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs. — Oscar Niemeyer
Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think… — Danny Pudi
Can I pay any higher tribute to a man [George Gaylord Simpson] than to state that his work both established a profession and sowed the… — Stephen Jay Gould
I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from… — Pete Postlethwaite
It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should… — Trevor Phillips
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards. — Ryan Stiles
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're… — Glenn Tipton
Nature is my temple; trees are my priests; birds, my rabbis; rains, my imams! Nature is my only true and eternal religion. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I wanted passionately to be a priest. — A. N. Wilson
Many priests and employees at temples work for pay. No one should judge religion on the basis of the shortcomings of such workers. We should… — Mata Amritanandamayi
The priest is the personification of falsehood. — Giuseppe Garibaldi

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