Born Quote by Yann Martel

“We are all born like Catholics, aren’t we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God? After that meeting the matter ends…

— Yann Martel

“We are all born like Catholics . . . in limbo, without religion.”

— Yann Martel

I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the Catholics, as…

— Diego Rivera

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not so much to be a lasting acquisition, as a…

— Sigmund Freud

It's almost inevitable that we become religious people. The question is, what kind of religion is it?

— John Shelby Spong

We are religious by nature.

— Charles Henry Parkhurst

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken…

— Blaise Pascal

There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their…

— Garry Wills

I myself am not religious, but yes, I certainly grew up in a very Catholic environment.

— Patrick Collison

We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but…

— Christine Caine

To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman Catholic, unity…

— Gore Vidal