Early Quote by George Steiner

'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.

— Ephraim Mirvis

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi…

— Ben Katchor

The [priest] was really my teacher, because I reacted against the things he told me.

— Leopold Sedar Senghor

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.

— Darrel Ray

Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.

— Jim Cymbala

You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic…

— Walter Matthau

I learned a lot from both, initially Jewish and Muslim theologians that had been missing, perhaps from my rather parochial Catholic upbringing.

— Karen Armstrong

“A priest and a philosopher are two different things”

— Victor Hugo

I didn't have the calling to be a priest. You know, either you do or you don't.

— George Mikan

Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only fairly recently…

— N. T. Wright

I can be a priest too if I say I am...

— Dr Steven Brule

Teachers are the ministers and priests of culture, its practitioners and its emissaries.

— Tom Paulin