Book Quote by George Eliot

In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.

— Mark Batterson

What is a church?—Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.

— George Crabbe

Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and…

— Max Muller

People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.

— Sally Phillips

And I think it was the outline of that church tower at Belaugh against the sky which gave me a passion for churches so…

— John Betjeman

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

— Thomas Carlyle

The church is something beautiful

— Francis Schaeffer

When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.

— Jonathan Anderson

Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual…

— Alan Hirsch

My theory is that church used to be that place. Instead of being a place where you went to look good, it was a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The church is like any large corporation in one respect. In its early days, either the early church or the early years of Microsoft,…

— Chris Lowney