Quotes about religious
religious people worst
The worst thing about religion was religious people. Jeffrey Eugenides
religious jesus matter
It doesn't matter if you're religious or not. Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, I'd like to talk to you about Jesus? Jim Gaffigan
religious men enterprise
All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious. Jesse Helms
religious psychological-needs giving
Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from the kind of films I like to make. A film like The Terminator is consciously meant to give a sense of empowerment to the individual. James Cameron
religious eye heart
...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes. James A. Michener
religious party issues
I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration. James A. Michener
religious men atheism
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril. James A. Michener
religious hatred atheism
Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis. James A. Michener
religious government organization
In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ... not any ecclesiastical organization can be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the national government. James A. Garfield
religious war race
If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting the aggregate corpus of the human race. Of all wars, these are the most detestable, since they are waged for no tangible gain, but only to impose a set of arbitrary credos upon another's mind. Jack Vance
religious ideas community
Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune. Christopher Hitchens
religious views justice
There are many, many discrepant views within the Shia theology about what's the proper role of religion in society or in the State, should it rule now, should it claim to govern people in the here and now, or should it wait until the Messiah, the 12th Imam, comes back and would it only be then appropriate for religious rule to bring about a world of universal justice and vindication. Christopher Hitchens
religious book ideas
My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd. Christopher Hitchens
religious children found
My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them. Christopher Hitchens
religious roots evil
Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil Christopher Hitchens
religious art pain
The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order to see how long they could keep someone alive while being roasted. It is not needful to go into further details, but there were also religious books of instruction in this art, and guides for the detection of heresy by pain. Christopher Hitchens
religious atheism trying
I don't want them (religious followers) trying to inflict their belief on me. Christopher Hitchens
religious jesus religion
You don't need a passport and you don't need no visas, you don't need to designate or emigrate before you can see Jesus. George Harrison
religious responsibility political
Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief. Gary Bauer
religious men
The science of a religious man must be scientific; the religion of a scientific man must be religious. Fulton J. Sheen
religious blessed thinking
Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles. Fulton J. Sheen
religious latin black-and-white
Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black and White, and the names that are substituted- Africa south of the Sahara, Africa north of the Sahara- do not manage to hide this latent racism. Here, it is affirmed that White Africa has a thousand-year-old tradition of culture; that she is Mediterranean, that she is a continuation of Europe and that she shares in Graeco-Latin civilization. Black Africa is looked on as a region that is inert, brutal, uncivilized - in a word, savage. Frantz Fanon
religious religion lines
Moses, Aaron, Abraham, they're all a waste of time. It's your ass that's on the line. Frank Zappa
religious religion tammy
Did he really choose Tammy to do his work? Frank Zappa
religious religion ifs
He is the God of nothing, if that is all you can see. He is the God of everything, he's inside you and me. Jethro Tull
religious religion temples
Too many temples where we could worship the beast. Jethro Tull
religious religion spirit
The Christmas spirit is not what you drink. Jethro Tull
religious disappointment thinking
I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise. Jermain Defoe
religious men unions
Marriage is divine in its institution, sacred in its union, holy in the mystery, sacramental in its signification, honourable in its appellative, religious in its employments: it is advantage to the societies of men, and it is "holiness to the Lord. Jeremy Taylor
religious jobs wings
Perhaps society should give actors the same sort of protection it gives to those who follow a religious life. Actor/priest was originally the same job. The theater is left wing magic and theology is right wing magic. Jennifer Stone
religious kids offending
It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or game away from the kid without discussing it. Jello Biafra
religious office tests
The United States Constitution is clear. It prohibits religious tests for public office. Jeb Bush
religious golden-days liberty
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are at an end. You have nothing but trouble before you. . . . Your liberties will be lost. George Whitefield