Church Quotes - Page 113

I never went to church when I was in college, either.

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

Well, for me, I grew up very Southern Baptist, and I definitely lived in my bubble. You know, I lived in my bubble that was in my church.

As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.

I was a virgin. People find that hard to believe, but when you're raised in a church, that was just the way it is.

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work.

There is a prophetic release that occurs in a church or an individual who fasts continually for forty days.

I'm a devout individual so I remain faithful to my church.

Christmas, as a practicing Catholic child, was seen as a reward for lots and lots and lots of church.

I’d smack you over the head with it so hard your bell would still be ringing for Church next Saturday night. ~ Jaz

The church has given me balance.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.

I sang in church at 5. When I saw the reaction, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

The Church is not a fast food outlet. We can't always have it our way. Some day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ, and that salvation can only come His way.

In my twenties, I was determined to change the world. In my thirties, I tried to transform the church. In my early forties, I discovered I was the problem.

By the time we get to church, I need church cuz I've been yelled at by everyone in the family.

Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

I know only one Church: it is the society of men.

I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.

The Catholic Church is still very angry about The Da Vinci Code - they don't like anything that makes more money in a weekend than they do.

I love New York. It's made me realize that God's a lot bigger than I thought he was. It's a really interesting crowd. We have an agnostic person who comes on a regular basis, a transgender person who said that they found our church because they we're looking for a church that wouldn't hate them. The congregation is really great.

There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of music that isn't about trying to sell itself, that isn't about being connected to any industry. There's a huge amount of music where someone just happened to have a tape recorder and turned it on or hit the red button while they were in the back of church or recording something in their front room.

I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.