Priests Quotes

634 Priests quotes by 441 unique authors

I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don't know, I grew up in such… — Jenny McCarthy
We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets they would fain conceal, with hands careful… — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting… — Vincent de Paul
Tomorrow these villagers would carry their secret icons into the church without any priest and light the candles themselves, moving together in single-minded grace. Like… — Barbara Kingsolver
History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to… — G. M. Trevelyan
He was a hot, hot former priest and she wanted to pull a Thorn Birds on his ass. — Marjorie M. Liu
Then from the world all spirituality will be extinct, all moral perfection will be extinct, all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be extinct, all ideality… — Swami Vivekananda
Few things are more pleasant than a village graced with a good church, a good priest and a good pub. — John Hillaby
Conspiracy! Intrigue! A rapidly thickening plot! Add some bestiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you have the beginnings of a beautiful novel. — Marquis de Sade
My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies. — Wyclef Jean
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the… — Saint John Chrysostom
Paneloux is a man of learning, a scholar. He hasn't come in contact with death; that's why he can speak with such assurance of the… — Albert Camus
Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, "Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them?" I answer, It is because… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was really going to… — Diana Dors
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine… — Norman Mailer
There will soon be no more priests... They may wait awhile, perhaps a generation or two, dropping off by degrees. A superior breed shall take… — Walt Whitman
Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not… — Georges Lemaitre
I shall never send for a priest or recite an Act of Contrition in my last moments. I do not mind if I lose my… — Mary McCarthy
Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king. — Timothy Keller

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