Catholic Quotes - Page 40

• Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century.

  Mike Ferguson

  Spiritual, Powerful, Leader

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• I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.

  Prabal Gurung

  School, Thinking, Knowing

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• I just try to be the best Catholic.

  Jim Caviezel

  Trying, Being The Best

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• Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

  Linda Cardellini

  Thinking, People, Guilt

  "The Mad Men GQ+A: Linda Cardellini on Sylvia Rosen's Extramarital Bombshell". Interview with Gwynne Watkins, www.gq.com. June 12, 2013.

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• Pope John Paul II was fascinated by the United States. And I think he was initially surprised at the vigor of the Catholic Church in the United States. Maybe some of the press that we had gotten he found wasn't true. No, I think he suspected the church in the United States. Did he challenge us to some things? Sure, he did. But, no, I always - I think there was a good alliance. There was a good gel there.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Challenges, Church

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Teaching, Perspective, Church

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• Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

  Simon Callow

  Jesus, Personality, Impression

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• I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Years, Names, India

  Interview with Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. November 30, 2008.

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• I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Betrayal, Views, Parent

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• For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Jesus, Nice, Blood

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• I would say that Catholics came in and competed with the Protestant work ethic. That is one thing. And they did assimilate into the broader society and a lot of them, especially Irish Catholic did their best to sound like they were English rather than Irish by dropping and the O and the apostrophe.

  Steve King

  Work Ethic, Sound, Ethics

  "All In with Chris Hayes", www.msnbc.com. December 9, 2015.

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• I'm neither Catholic not Protestant. Protestant sounds good but I don't think I am.

  Joseph Brodsky

  Thinking, Sound, Protestants

  "Joseph Brodsky's Art of Darkness". www.washingtonpost.com. October 23, 1987.

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• We slit the Catholic throat, stoned the poor on such slogans as wish you could hear and love is all we need.

  David Bowie

  Love Is, Wish, And Love

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• I was raised Catholic. I rejected it later on. I'm an outspoken atheist now. People say, 'Oh, it's a negative thing to be an atheist.' I don't agree. I think it's more optimistic to think that there is no God, no afterlife.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Atheist, Optimistic, Thinking

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• I really love the traditional aspects of Judaism. My wife is born and raised a Catholic and I enjoy celebrating those rituals as well. I am very spiritual but not in any way religious, no.

  Josh Gad

  Spiritual, Religious, Wife

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• He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Religious, Buddhist, Atheist

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• I don't think you can be a Catholic without an accompanying measure of guilt.

  Mia Farrow

  Thinking, Guilt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I went to Catholic school. Do as you're told; don't ask questions and you will be illuminated.

  Katherine Helmond

  School, Catholic School, Asks

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• I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Talking, Belief, Priests

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• In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.

  Keith O'Brien

  Religious, Scotland, Voice

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• I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.

  Frances O'Connor

  Thinking, Giving, Fundamentals

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.

  Meghan O'Rourke

  Religious, Children, Two

  Meghan O'Rourke (2011). “The Long Goodbye: A Memoir”, p.82, Penguin

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• I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think they thought I was on drugs. There was a neighboring all-boys school, so we'd get together and do dumb things. It was your typical Catholic-American upbringing.

  Katherine Moennig

  Girl, Zero, School

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• I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

  Patsy Kensit

  Church, Comfort, Taught

  "Patsy Kensit: My family values". Interview With Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2011.

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• I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

  Pauline Collins

  Believe, Thinking, Goodness

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