Able Quote by Garrison Keillor

A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but…

— Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul

A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret…

— John Owen

I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come…

— Sinclair Lewis

“New Rule: Churches have to stop ringing the damn bells. It was a good idea in the Middle Ages, but people have clocks now.…

— Bill Maher

“You won't have to do anything but walk a few yards and repeat after the minister." "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”

— Stephenie Meyer

I know the world is hungry for good ministry.

— James Green Somerville

You can't give God quality time by buying an expensive clock for the church. You give Him quality time by spending time with Him…

— Michael Mbuko

“Lord Cut-Glass, in his kitchen full of time, squats down alone to a dogdish, marked Fido, of peppery fish-scraps and listens to the voices…

— Dylan Thomas

“Story has staying power. We remember the illustrations from Sunday’s sermon for months afterward, but by coffee hour we’re already struggling to recite the…

— Sarah Arthur

“A finely carved Black Forest cuckoo clock hung just to the right of the hutch. Phil would love that, Reuben thought. Phil had once…

— Anne Rice

This morning this young man does what his time in seminary was preparing him to do, and what for the rest of his life…

— Edgar Wells

The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.

— William Gurnall