Fine china Quote by William Friedkin

“Moreover, the papal system has opposed the march of civilization and liberty throughout the world, by denouncing the circulation of the Bible, and the…

— John Foxe

“have kitchens, who have liveries, who make good cheer, who eat moor-hens on Friday, who strut about, a lackey before, a lackey behind, in…

— Victor Hugo

“I painlessly came to realize that the reverence I felt for the holiness of life is not ever likely to be entirely at home…

— Eudora Welty

“(Priests) cheapjack merchants selling paradise”

— Jean Lorrain

“Merchants and craftsmen make prosperity; chiefs, priests and thieves fritter it away.”

— Matt Ridley

Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst…

— J. Irwin Miller

“Tony Campolo, back at Eastern College: “Jesus never says to the poor, ‘Come find the church,’ but he says to those of us in…

— Shane Claiborne

“Other priests, he knew, found an intense pleasure in the raw, salty dialect of peasant conversation. They picked up pearls of wisdom and experience…

— Morris L. West

“critics, like Dean Debnam, a liberal North Carolina businessman, accused Pope of exhibiting “a plantation mentality” by keeping “people working part time…He preys on…

— Jane Mayer

“I had met quite a few priests in my long life, and found that they were, by and large, like anyone else—some generous, some…

— Ann Leckie

Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind…

— Pope Francis

“There was also something false about the atmosphere here. It was solemn and dignified like a church or the court of a president or…

— Ken Follett