Quotes with priest

  • There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
  • Not our logical faculty, but our imaginative one is king over us. I might say, priest and prophet to lead us to heaven-ward, or magician and wizard to lead us hellward.
  • In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
  • How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Abbe Pierre After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Aldous Huxley But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed - a compass, not a weathercock.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • William Blake Embraces are cominglings from the head even to the feet, and not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Max Eastman Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind.
    Max Eastman
    American writer on literature, philosophy and society (1883 - 1969)
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  • Annie Dillard Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?".
    Annie Dillard
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Aristotle Onassis Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin.
    Aristotle Onassis
    Greek shipping magnate (1906 - 1975)
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  • Oscar Wilde How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Marianne Williamson I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly conduit, a connecting link between earth and sky. As I grew and stumbled and, most important, as I began to love and be loved, I realized that the ultimate priest is the lover inside us
    Marianne Williamson
    American writer (1952 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Broderick Crawford I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.
    Broderick Crawford
    American actor (1911 - 1986)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I shall always be a priest of love.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Benjamin Watson I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Antonio Villaraigosa Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
    Antonio Villaraigosa
    American politician (1953 - )
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  • John Ruskin No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Not our logical faculty, but our imaginative one is king over us. I might say, priest and prophet to lead us to heaven-ward, or magician and wizard to lead us hellward.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • B. D. Wong Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Arthur Middleton Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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