#priest

And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#clothed #flesh #human #human nature #inherited

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#changed #could #even #i #me

I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#always #began #believe #bizarre #directors

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#call #decided #even #hate #high

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#am #become #been #bit #could

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#develop #did #escape #fact #harsh

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#both #country #image #improve #local

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#about #being #catholic #men #more

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#data #found #generation #good #good news

Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#great #i #listen #now #priests