Family Quote by Diana Gabaldon

The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his…

— Andrew Dickson White

The decline of witch-belief was . . . entirely the product of religious skepticism. . . . The Catholic Church did not reform itself…

— S. T. Joshi

Beyond the pervasive disinterest in the visual arts among the Protestant community, the core problem lies in the fact that the art world rejects…

— John Walford

You may be Catholic or Protestant or Buddhist or Baptist or Muslim or Mormon or Jewish or Jain, or you have no religion at…

— Rick Warren

Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmother's nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite without Christian feeling; the mercy of the…

— Mary McCarthy

The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned…

— Emma Goldman

Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish.

— Billy Graham

“The medieval period based its scriptural exegesis upon the Vulgate translation of the Bible. There was no authorized version of this text, despite the…

— Alister E. McGrath

After a few days in hospital, I was thinking, Oh, gee - I raised in a church, Protestant upbringing which I'd rejected as an…

— Chuck Close

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of…

— Adam Weishaupt

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself.

— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

“Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina.”

— John Fante

The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul--our Protestant idea, the right of…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God.

— Mike Bickle

My mother was very, very Protestant. I grew up Presbyterian, and I went to church every Sunday until I was 18. I was forced to.

— Rob Corddry