Parishes Quotes

#1. Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddle Valley where her father's group of parishes was centered. It would have been hard to make credible a romantic fiction set in Farleigh Piddle, Middle Piddle, Nether Piddle and Piddle Dummer.

Val McDermid

#2. Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.

Richard Morris

#3. Parish me no parishes.

George Peele

#4. Parishes that have learned to develop a culture of continual invitation to leadership, training, and growth in responsibility for their members are predisposed to ongoing health and growth when pastor transitions occur

William E. Simon Jr.

#5. We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

Pope Francis

#6. I have published a proclamation: 'Forgive us our transgressions as we forgive those who transgress against us.' I have ordered all citizens to return to their parishes to enjoy the benefits of this general amnesty.

Toussaint Louverture

#7. Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.

George Steiner

#8. What we do in our parishes and homes contributes to what Christ is doing: preparing the Second Coming. That is the final meaning of our daily work.

Peter Kreeft

#9. Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

George Herbert

#10. They left no books , Memorial to their lonely thought In grey parishes: rather they wrote On men's hearts and in the minds Of young children sublime words Too soon forgotten. God in his time Or out of time will correct this.

R.S. Thomas

#11. I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!

Pope Francis

#12. Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the Living Heart of each of our parishes

Pope Paul VI

#13. The love I felt for her on that train ride had a capital and provinces, parishes and a Vatican, an orange planet and many sullen moons
it was systemic and it was complete.

Gary Shteyngart

#14. The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.

Dale Earnhardt

#15. The turning point in history will be the moment man becomes aware that the only god of man is man himself.

Henri De Lubac

#16. Apparently, a great deal of dark, unseen material exists, whose gravitational pull is responsible for the motions of the stars and galaxies that we see.

John D. Barrow

#17. If you're man enough to fuck someone, be man enough to take responsibility for the results.

Suzanne Enoch

#18. I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met.

Peter Berg

#19. No difference exists between American and European manners. A proletarian from Chicago can be just as Philistine as an English duke.

Vladimir Nabokov

#20. I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional I am.

Rachel Vincent

#21. Eleanor had defended over the years, that the money spent on arms would be much better spent on education and medical care.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#22. I wish I could say I was a victim but I willingly played into the devil's hands. My reasons weren't always right and my justifications weren't just, but my weaknesses were common.

Jimmy Gleacher

#23. expectations, rules, and requests for compliance often drives the best-intentioned parents over the edge.

Dan Kindlon

#24. The rhetorician need not know the truth about things; he has only to discover some way of persuading the ignorant that he has more knowledge than those who know.

Plato