"Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn……" — Terry Pratchett
"Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
— Glenn Beck
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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
— Brendan Behan
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For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The experience of [the African] bishops is that evangelization itself should be foremost, that the God of Jesus Christ must…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea],…
— Athanasius of Alexandria
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't…
— Josemaria Escriva
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Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
— P.G. Wodehouse
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Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of…
— Pope John Paul II
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The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed
— Emanuel Lasker
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