Priests Quotes - Page 6

• Picasso.” He whispers like a priest. “Picasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth, molded it, ripped from the earth with two angry hands.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Two, Hands, Earth

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.118, Macmillan

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• The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman cross. They nailed Him on it, and God, in His majesty and mystery, turned it into an altar. The Lamb who was dying in the mystery and wonder of God was turned into the Priest who offered Himself. No one else was a worthy offering.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Jesus, Easter, Offering

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• What are the two of you whispering about?” Alaric demanded irritably. She glanced over to see the warrior watching her, his eyes narrow with suspicion. “If I wanted you to know, I’d have spoken louder,” she said calmly. He turned away muttering what she was sure were more blasphemies about annoying females. “You must make the priest weary with the length of your confessions,” she said. He raised one eyebrow. “Who says I confess anything?

  Maya Banks

  Eye, Warrior, Two

  Maya Banks (2011). “In Bed with a Highlander”, p.30, Ballantine Books

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• There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.

  Victor Hugo

  Teacher, Atheist, Religion

  "The History of a Crime". Book by Victor Hugo, 1877.

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• No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.

  Gloria Steinem

  Religious, Men, Names

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• There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is only a little wiser than they are!

  Marion Zimmer Bradley

  People, Ignorant, Sorcery

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• Priests, altars, victims, swam before my sight.

  Edmund Smith

  Life, Sight, Victim

  Edmund Smith (1719). “The Works of ...: Containing I. Phaedra and Hippolitus, II. A Poem on Thr Death of Mr. Philips, III. Bodleian Speech, IV Pocochius, To which is Prefix'd”, p.9

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• The poet is the priest of the invisible.

  Wallace Stevens

  Poetry, Invisible, Poet

  Opus Posthumous (1957) "Adagia"

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• An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?

  Annie Dillard

  Life, Religion, Atheism

  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ch. 7 (1974)

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• Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going to the hands of victims of predator priests.

  Dan Rather

  Hands, Goal, Catholic

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• My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to civilisation. It helped in early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle eclipses with such care that in time they became able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others.

  Bertrand Russell

  Race, Views, Two

  Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.214, Psychology Press

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• Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Believe, Past

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• It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  Arguing, Nun

  Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Runaway”, p.234, Laurel Leaf

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• The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing without the bishop and the presbyters priests.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Father, Catholic, Bishops

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• Oh, you a E head, oh, you a weed head
  I got a big gun, bigger than Maxi Priest dread

  Sean Price

  Weed, Gun, Hip Hop

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• The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Miracle, Religion, Credit

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2603, Library of Alexandria

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• And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.

  Victor Hugo

  Country, Reality, Men

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.415, Wordsworth Editions

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• Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be... not really very admirable. Not necessarily evil, but silly. And wrong, of course.

  Charlton Heston

  Silly, Evil, Catholic

  Interview with Ken Masugi and Colleen Ryor, ashbrook.org. October 6, 1995.

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• Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Promise, Religion, Atheism

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• Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing. She prayed that God would look on them and see the beauty of their existence and leave them alone.

  Ann Patchett

  Giving, Looks, Existence

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• Perfect, that's our plan then. But you'll have to give up being a priest first. I wouldn't want to just sit around whispering and sipping hot chocolate.

  Ted Dekker

  Giving Up, Perfect, Chocolate

  Ted Dekker (2011). “The Priest's Graveyard”, p.62, Hachette UK

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• Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Girl, Needs, Approval

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.177, Penguin

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• I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

  Albert Einstein

  Atheist, Lying, June

  Letter to Guy H. Raner Jr., July 2, 1945.

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• The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.

  N.K. Jemisin

  Grandmother, Men, Lessons

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• Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.

  Iain Pears

  Thinking, People, Ears

  Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.72, Penguin

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