Barbaric Quote by Woody Allen

Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in the South.…

— David Cross

I grew up with very little religious training. Actually, like, none. I think what Jewishness I felt as a kid stemmed almost entirely from…

— Jonathan Raymond

I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off…

— Kristian Nairn

When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion…

— Bruce Feiler

We were still quite religious until I was about eight or nine. Then I watched my parents take a dramatic turn and discard all…

— Adrianne Lenker

Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it,…

— Georg Solti

I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I…

— Edith Stein

I definitely had a very religious upbringing. My father was just instilling good morals into us at a very young age, and it wasn't…

— Aaron Paul

I didn't have a rigidly enforced religious parental pressure, but I did have a few years in my mid-teens of turning to religion, and…

— Warren Beatty

My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with.

— David Beckham

I was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish household. I don't think I ever had a single discussion with my parents about faith. It…

— Peter Shaffer

It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.

— Paul Nurse