Saint Quotes
1317 Saint quotes by 721 unique authors
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The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.
— James Fenton
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I'm regarded as the patron saint of manicurists.
— Tippi Hedren
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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
— Matthew Henry
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I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images…
— Damien Hirst
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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
— Eric Hoffer
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On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the…
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.
— Whitney Houston
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
— St. Jerome
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
— Billy Joel
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When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.
— Shahrukh Khan
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Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door…
— Omar Khayyam
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God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit…
— Alexander McQueen
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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
— Benito Mussolini
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You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
— Edward James Olmos
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Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
— George Orwell
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Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much…
— George Orwell
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
— Abigail Van Buren
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
— Karl Pilkington
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The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
— Alexander Pope
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I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always,…
— Anne Rice
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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers…
— Frederick William Robertson
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't…
— Pat Robertson
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I married a saint - well, a saint who curses.
— Ray Romano
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